Table 2

Baseline characteristics of midwives

Arm AArm BArm C
TMM, transtheoretical model.
Feel smoking cessation advice part of job, median (10th, 90th centile)4 (2, 4)4 (3, 4)3 (3, 4)
Concern about level of smoking, median (10th, 90th centile)3 (1, 4)3 (2, 4)3 (2, 4)
Length of time a community midwife, median (10th, 90th centile)10 (3, 20)9 (2, 28)4 (1, 18)
% smokers expect to give up during pregnancy, median (10th, 90th centile)10 (2, 50)10 (3, 62)20 (6, 50)
% asking about smoking every time (mean (SD))55 (18)77 (20)61 (20)
% giving written material (mean (SD))52 (17)72 (18)52 (17)
% having previous training re HP and pregnancy (mean (SD))82 (27)89 (23)84 (27)
% Having previous training re-smoking and pregnancy (mean (SD))58 (19)62 (16)67 (22)
% Having previous training on TTM (mean (SD))42 (14)43 (12)42 (15)