Overview of the Greater Manchester hospital staff survey on smoking, vaping and smoke-free hospital grounds
| Section | Theme | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 | Smoking and vaping behaviour among hospital staff | Smoking status Level of tobacco addiction (Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI)) Smoking activity on hospital grounds Vaping status Vaping activity on hospital grounds |
| Section 2 | Knowledge and opinion in key concepts in tobacco addiction | Knowledge of the severity from smoking tobacco Knowledge of the lack of harm from nicotine Knowledge of the pathology of tobacco addiction Knowledge of the high efficacy of tobacco addiction pharmacotherapy Opinion of harm of vaping in comparison with smoking (Likert scale) Opinion of harm from exhaled vapour to bystanders |
| Section 3 | Level of training and confidence in delivering tobacco addiction interventions | Completion of training in VBA Level of confidence in delivering VBA (Likert scale) Level of confidence in discussing vaping (Likert scale) |
| Section 4 | Successful delivery of a smoke-free hospital site | Level of agreement that patients and visitors should not smoke on the hospital grounds (Likert scale) Level of agreement that staff should not smoke on the hospital grounds (Likert scale) Level of agreement that hospital grounds should be vaping friendly (Likert scale) Level of agreement that comprehensive tobacco addiction interventions should be available on site for staff that smoke (Likert scale) Support for individual smoke-free site interventions |
| Section 5 | Free-text responses | Free-text comments regarding delivering smoke-free hospital grounds |
HCPs = healthcare professionals; VBA = very brief advice