Factors determining cardiac nurses' intentions to continue using a smoking cessation protocol.

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OBJECTIVE:
Our objective was to facilitate the continued use of a smoking cessation protocol among cardiac nurses by assessing their intentions and motives for continuation. A model that combines attitude, social influence, and self-efficacy constructs as predictors of intentions (ASE model) served as the theoretical framework.

SETTING:
The study took place in the cardiology wards of 5 hospitals.

RESPONDENTS:
Respondents were 85 nurses who worked in the cardiology wards of the hospitals.

OUTCOME MEASURES:
The outcome measures were nurses' intentions and motives for continuing to use a smoking cessation protocol for patients who smoke.

RESULTS:
Greater perceived simplicity and advantages of the protocol were associated with increased intentions to continue, whereas perceived social influences and self-efficacy were not. The influence of the level of experience in using the protocol and the nurses' own smoking behavior was mediated by attitude about the smoking cessation protocol.

CONCLUSIONS:
Nurses who do not intend to continue using the protocol need to be convinced of the advantages of working with such a protocol and of its user-friendliness.

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Author information

Author/s: Bolman, Catherine (C); de Vries, Hein (H); Mesters, Ilse (I);

Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Netherlands Open University, Heerlen. catherine.bolman(-atsign-)ou.nl

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Heart & lung : the journal of critical care (Heart Lung), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Jan-Feb; vol 31 (issue 1) : pp 15-24

Dates: Created 2002/01/23; Completed 2002/03/13; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 11805745, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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