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Table 3 Comparison of scores for Horn-Waingrow scale between compliant and non-compliant smokers

From: Failure of hospital employees to comply with smoke-free policy is associated with nicotine dependence and motives for smoking: a descriptive cross-sectional study at a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom

  

Reasons for Smoking (Horn-Waingrow Scale)

  

pleasure

stimulation

SMM*

habit

addiction

RNA†

compliant‡

mean (SD§)

7.41 (2.10)

8.03 (2.57)

6.71 (2.61)

7.3 (2.00)

14.13 (4.25)

19.9 (4.78)

non-compliant‡

mean (SD§)

6.94 (2.51)

9.06 (3.46)

8.03 (3.18)

9.78 (3.99)

15.72 (4.99)

20.1 (6.11)

probability||

0.44

0.163

0.068

0.003¶

0.24

0.99

  1. *Sensory Motor Manipulation
  2. †Reduction of Negative Affect
  3. ‡Those respondents who reported smoking were divided into compliant smokers and non-compliant smokers on the basis of their response to the question "When I am working at Addenbrooke's Hospital, I smoke on the site: More than twice a day/Once or twice a day/Once a week/Once a month/Never." Those who choose the answer "Never" were considered to be compliant.
  4. §Standard Deviation
  5. ||Mann-Whitney test
  6. ¶Significant
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