Table 3 Risk perceptions and knowledge by smoking status and by exposure in home
From: Parental risk perceptions of child exposure to tobacco smoke
Mean (STD) | Others (N=66) | Regular smokers (N=66) | p-valuet-test | Family does not smoke in home (N=69) | Family smokes in home (N=63) | OR [CI] p-value (logistic regression) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q19. Likelihood. Is it reasonable that a child exposed to passive smoking will be sick with respiratory illnesses? (1=Completely unreasonable 7- Absolutely) | 5.14 (1.41) | 4.53 (1.96) | .0440 | 5.19 (1.53) | 4.44 (1.86) | .81 [.62,1.06] .1228 |
Q20. Susceptbilty. Will an infant who is exposed to passive smoking be more susceptible to respiratory illness than other children? (1=Not at all susceptible 7- the most susceptible) | 5.67 (1.22) | 4.68 (1.72) | .0002 | 5.68 (1.29) | 4.62 (1.66) | .71 [.52,.97] .0319 |
Q21. Severity. How much can exposure to smoke around your child influence his health? (1=No influence 7- Very strong influence) | 5.85 (1.19) | 4.82 (1.73) | .0001 | 5.83 (1.12) | 4.79 (1.80) | .75 [.55,1.01] .0595 |
Combined risk perception | 16.65 (3.39) | 14.03 (4.67) | .0003 | 16.7 (3.33) | 13.86 (4.71) | .89 [.79,.88] .0350 |
Q23. Childhood illnesses are not associated at all with smoking around the child (1=Completely disagree, 7=Agree a lot) | 3.64 (1.89) | 4.79 (1.92) | .0007 | 4.01 (1.95) | 4.43 (2.01) | 1.15 [0.91,1.47] .2440 |
Q24. In my opinion, there is a link between the health of children and between smoking by their parents (1=Completely disagree, 7=Agree a lot) | 6.11 (1.44) | 4.52 (1.94) | <.0001 | 5.86 (1.63) | 4.71 (1.96) | 1.09 [0.84,1.40] .5215 |
Q25. In my opinion, passive smoking harms child development (1=Completely disagree, 7=Agree a lot) | 5.27 (1.79) | 4.03 (2.17) | .0005 | 5.30 (1.83) | 3.94 (2.11) | 1.28 [1.02,1.59] .0322 |
Q29. Breathing tobacco smoke is a risk factor for many diseases in infants (1=Completely disagree, 7=Agree a lot) | 6.06 (1.18) | 5.33 (1.69) | .0048 | 6.06 (1.27) | 5.30 (1.62) | 1.28 [0.93,1.75] .1326 |
Q30. Breathing tobacco smoke is a risk factor for child mortality (1=Completely disagree, 7=Agree a lot) | 4.05 (1.84) | 3.48 (2.09) | .1048. | 4.13 (1.93) | 3.37 (1.98) | 1.20 [0.95,1.50] .1250 |
Combined knowledge scale (Q23 reversed, Q24, Q25, Q29, Q30) (Scale: 5–35) | 25.85 (5.35) | 20.58 (6.83) | <.0001 | 23.62 (3.3) | 20.3 (5.14) | 1.16 [1.03,1.31] .0124 |