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Table 2 Scores according to standards of the SAQ 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

  

Standard

Maximum Score available

Mean

95%CI

Mean

95%CI

p*

% Increase

Commitment

15

9.1

(8.1–10.0)

11.1

(10.1–12.0)

< 0.01

22.5

Communication

3

2.3

(1.9–2.7)

2.7

(2.6–2.9)

< 0.01

18.4

Education and training

12

4.8

(3.6–6.0)

7.1

(6.1–7.0)

< 0.01

47.6

Identification and cessation support

24

8.7

(8.7–12.8)

12.8

(10.5–15.7)

< 0.01

47.1

Tobacco control

6

4.7

(4.1–5.5)

5.7

(5.4–6.0)

< 0.05

21.2

Environment

12

10.1

(9.1–11.2)

11.8

(11.7–12.0)

< 0.01

16.8

Healthy workplace

18

7.4

(5.6–9.2)

13.2

(12.0–14.5)

< 0.01

78.3

Health promotion

6

2.1

(1.3–2.9)

3.3

(2.5–4.2)

< 0.05

57.1

Follow-up

6

3.7

(2.8–4.6)

5.1

(4.6–5.8)

< 0.05

37.8

  1. CI: confidence interval
  2. * p-value for Wilcoxon's signed rank test