Percentage of services that responded ‘always’ or ‘often’ to survey items, according to the type of service or their affiliation to the Catalan Network of Smoke-free Hospitals
| Dimension/item | Type of service | CNSfH* | All, n=186 | ||||||
| A, n=25 | SA/MLS, n=34 | Dtx/DD, n=15 | DH, n=30 | DC, n=60 | Ch/A, n=22 | Member CNSfH, n=64 | Non-member CNSfH, n=62 | ||
| Smoking intervention | |||||||||
| 1. Smoking was identified in the care plan | 64.0 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 43.3 | 45.0 | 72.7 | 64.6 | 50.0 | 53.0 |
| 2. Smoking was recorded in the medical file | 84.0 | 76.5 | 93.3 | 83.3 | 55.0 | 86.4 | 85.5 | 82.5 | 74.6 |
| 3. Smoking intervention was offered to patients | 44.0 | 38.2 | 33.3 | 46.7 | 33.3 | 54.5 | 50.8 | 38.7 | 41.0 |
| 4. Smoking pharmacotherapy was available | 48.0 | 38.2 | 46.7 | 36.7 | 11.7 | 54.5 | 57.4 | 32.8 | 34.1 |
| 5. Follow-up at discharge was provided | 44.0 | 35.3 | 53.3 | 56.7 | 53.3 | 45.5 | 55.7 | 38.1 | 48.9 |
| 6. Smoking cessation help was available to staff | 52.0 | 44.1 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 54.5 | 52.5 | 33.3 | 36.8 |
| Staff training and commitment | |||||||||
| 7. Managers promoted awareness-raising strategies targeting staff | 88.0 | 74.9 | 66.7 | 82.8 | 64.8 | 90.9 | 88.5 | 76.6 | 77.1 |
| 8. Briefing sessions about smoking policies were available | 32.0 | 38.2 | 26.7 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 45.5 | 49.2 | 18.3 | 27.5 |
| 9. Staff had specific knowledge on smoking intervention | 64.0 | 55.9 | 53.3 | 53.3 | 40.0 | 59.1 | 79.0 | 37.7 | 52.7 |
| 10. Smoking intervention training was available to staff | 44.0 | 35.3 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 23.3 | 54.5 | 55.7 | 33.3 | 37.9 |
| Management of smoking areas | |||||||||
| 11. Smoking was prohibited in common indoor areas | 64.0 | 73.5 | 46.7 | 86.7 | 83.3 | 81.8 | 67.7 | 78.1 | 76.3 |
| 12. There were delimited outdoor smoking areas for patients | 48.0 | 76.5 | 53.3 | 80.0 | 70.0 | 45.5 | 54.8 | 73.0 | 65.9 |
| 13. There were no indoor smoking areas for patients | 36.0 | 97.1 | 46.7 | 66.7 | 70.0 | 90.9 | 53.2 | 60.3 | 61.1 |
| 14. There was clear signage indicating smoking and no-smoking areas | 80.0 | 85.3 | 80.0 | 83.3 | 76.7 | 86.4 | 85.2 | 82.8 | 84.4 |
| 15. Staff exposure to SHS was minimised to a great extent | 84.0 | 94.1 | 66.7 | 93.3 | 86.7 | 100 | 83.9 | 96.8 | 90.7 |
| 16. Staff only smoked in outdoor designated areas | 96.0 | 100 | 80.0 | 100 | 88.3 | 95.5 | 98.3 | 96.9 | 96.7 |
| 17. Environmental audits were undertaken annually | 16.0 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 22.7 | 29.7 | 28.3 | 15.9 |
| 18. Incidents on management of tobacco control were registered | 36.0 | 55.9 | 33.3 | 30.0 | 18.3 | 40.9 | 47.2 | 47.3 | 33.9 |
| Communication of smoke-free policies | |||||||||
| 19. Changes in smoke-free policies were communicated to staff and patients | 96.0 | 97.1 | 80.0 | 93.3 | 83.3 | 100 | 95.1 | 96.8 | 93.4 |
| 20. Patients were informed about the benefits of smoke-free policies | 80.0 | 79.4 | 66.7 | 83.3 | 70.0 | 90.9 | 83.9 | 79.4 | 78.3 |
| 21. Patients were consulted about their difficulties in policies compliance | 68.0 | 79.4 | 40.0 | 63.3 | 65.0 | 68.2 | 63.9 | 72.6 | 67.2 |
| 22. Staff members were consulted about their views on these policies | 76.0 | 76.5 | 46.7 | 50.0 | 43.3 | 72.7 | 75.4 | 60.7 | 59.9 |
| 23. Staff was consulted about the barriers encountered to implementing a smoke-free policy | 84.0 | 73.5 | 46.7 | 63.3 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 75.4 | 63.8 | 60.4 |
| 24. The organisation shared best practice on tobacco control | 32.0 | 35.3 | 26.7 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 31.8 | 49.1 | 24.1 | 27.9 |
Items have been shortened in this table.
Values represent the percentage of ‘always/often’ responses versus ‘sometimes’ and ‘rarely/never’.
↵* Day centres were excluded (n=60) because they were not allowed to be affiliated to the CNSfH.
A, Acute Service; Ch/A, Child/Adolescent Patients Service; CNSfH, Catalan Network of Smoke-free Hospitals; DC, Day Centre; DD, Dual Disorders Service; DH, Day Hospital; Dtx, Detoxification Service; MLS, Medium- and Long-Stay Service; SA, Subacute Service; SHS, secondhand smoke.