Table 5 Opinion about the importance, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions by stakeholder category (scale responses: 1 = strongly disagree; 7 = strongly agree)
Decision-maker | Purchaser of services/pharma products | Professional service provider | Evidence generator | Advocate of health promotion | Total | Kruskal–Wallis test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Statements | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | P value |
The smoking epidemic is not severe in my country | 29 | 1.76 (1.22) | 7 | 2.00 (0.58) | 18 | 1.78 (1.44) | 25 | 2.04 (1.40) | 14 | 1.71 (1.14) | 93 | 1.85 (1.25) | 0.42 |
Most smoking cessation interventions are effective | 29 | 3.72 (1.67) | 7 | 3.57 (1.27) | 18 | 4.17 (1.58) | 25 | 3.56 (1.69) | 14 | 3.43 (1.83) | 93 | 3.71 (1.64) | 0.72 |
Most smoking cessation interventions are cost-effective | 27 | 4.26 (1.95) | 6 | 3.83 (1.47) | 18 | 4.39 (2.06) | 24 | 3.71 (2.14) | 14 | 4.00 (1.71) | 89 | 4.07 (1.94) | 0.80 |
It is important to use smoking cessation interventions because smoking kills a lot of people | 29 | 6.59 (0.83) | 7 | 6.14 (0.90) | 18 | 6.50 (1.34) | 25 | 6.60 (0.76) | 14 | 6.50 (0.76) | 93 | 6.53 (0.92) | 0.42 |
It is important to use smoking cessation interventions because smoking costs a lot for society | 29 | 6.62 (0.78) | 7 | 5.57 (1.27) | 18 | 6.28 (1.27) | 25 | 6.28 (0.98) | 14 | 6.21 (1.19) | 93 | 6.32 (1.06) | 0.15 |
It is unacceptable that we use smoking cessation interventions without knowing their efficacy | 28 | 5.75 (1.14) | 7 | 6.71 (0.49) | 18 | 5.33 (1.68) | 25 | 6.24 (0.88) | 13 | 5.62 (1.71) | 91 | 5.86 (1.30) | 0.13 |
It is unacceptable that we use smoking cessation interventions without knowing their cost-effectiveness | 29 | 5.17 (1.61) | 7 | 6.00 (0.58) | 18 | 4.06 (1.83) | 25 | 5.76 (1.48) | 13 | 4.77 (1.24) | 92 | 5.12 (1.62) | 0.009 |