Table 1 Mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and actions taken, at baseline (n = 1483)
Intervention (n = 752) | Control (n = 731) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Baseline profile | n (%†) | n (%†) | P-value |
Knowledge | |||
- Health hazards of active and passive smoking (0 – 5) | Mean = 3.81 | Mean = 3.85 | .67 |
SD = 1.51 | SD = 1.52 | ||
Attitudes | |||
- ‘Smokers can quit successfully if they are determined”’ | 533 (70.9) | 488 (66.8) | .09 |
- ‘Family support and encouragement can help a smoker quit’ | 501 (66.6) | 475 (65.0) | .51 |
Perceptions | |||
- Intend to help their husbands to quit smoking in the next month | 619 (85.1) | 580 (81.8) | .09 |
- Think their husbands will quit or reduce smoking in the next three months | 414 (56.4) | 387 (54.8) | .54 |
Advice | |||
- Have at some time advised their husbands to quit smoking | 663 (90.2) | 635 (88.7) | .35 |
Actions | |||
- Have at some time urged their husbands to stop smoking, so that their children will be healthier and less likely to become smokers in the future | 234 (32.1) | 217 (30.5) | .53 |
- Have at some time asked their husbands to read a self-help smoking cessation booklet | 81 (11.1) | 56 (7.9) | .04 |
- Have at some time talked to their husbands about understanding their needs in quitting | 72 (9.9) | 50 (7.0) | .06 |
- Have at some time put up a ‘No Smoking’ sign at home | 53 (7.3) | 51 (7.2) | .99 |
- Have at some time helped their husbands to set a date for giving up | 36 (4.9) | 21 (3.0) | .06 |
- Have at some time asked their husbands to undergo smoking cessation counselling | 12 (1.6) | 11 (1.5) | .99 |
- Have at some timer taken any of the above actions to help their husbands to stop smoking | 334 (45.8) | 295 (41.5) | .10 |