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Table 1 Self-Audit score according to hospitals' characteristics before (2005) and after (2007) the implementation of the Spanish tobacco law.

From: Tobacco control policies in hospitals before and after the implementation of a national smoking ban in Catalonia, Spain

 

2005

2007

  
 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

p*

% Increase

Overall score (n = 32)

52.4

(45.4–59.5)

71.6

(67.0–76.2)

< 0.01

36.7

Level of health care

      

General hospital (n = 13)

46.0

(33.3–58.6)

68.1

(59.1–77.3)

< 0.01

48.0

Reference hospital (n = 12)

54.7

(40.7–68.5)

74.2

(68.0–80.4)

< 0.05

35.6

High technology hospital (n = 7)

60.6

(52.2–68.9)

73.5

(61.3–85.8)

< 0.05

21.4

Beds

      

≤ 300 (n = 16)

52.4

(41.6–63.2)

69.1

(61.4–76.8)

< 0.01

16.7

> 300 (n = 16)

52.5

(42.1–63.0)

74.1

(68.4–79.8)

< 0.01

41.1

Staff

      

≤ 700 (n = 14)

47.4

(33.7–61.1)

71.7

(62.7–80.8)

< 0.01

51.3

> 700 (n = 18)

56.4

(48.7–64.0)

71.5

(66.3–76.7)

< 0.01

26.7

Tobacco prevalence

      

< 30% (n = 6)

43.4

(22.9–63.9)

71.7

(62.6–80.7)

< 0.05

65.2

30–34% (n = 16)

63.4

(56.9–70.0)

74.6

(67.0–82.2)

< 0.05

17.6

35–39% (n = 7)

35.8

(17.1–54.6)

61.7

(53.0–70.3)

< 0.05

72.2

≥ 40% (n = 3)

50.7

(-2.8–104)

78.8

(60.8–96.7)

NS

55.4

Years of adscription (in 2007)

      

≤ 4 years (n = 15)

40.4

(29.0–51.9)

70.4

(62.3–78.4)

< 0.01

74.2

> 4 years (n = 17)

63.0

(57.4–68.7)

72.7

(66.7–78.5)

< 0.05

15.3

  1. CI: confidence interval
  2. NS: no statistically significant p > 0.05
  3. * p-value for Wilcoxon's signed rank test