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Table 1 Commissioner and manager demographic, employment and PCT/SSS-level details

From: Translating evidence-based guidelines into practice: a survey of practices of commissioners and managers of the English stop smoking services

 

Commissioners (n = 50)a

Managers (n = 58)a

Individual-level characteristics

Gender

Female: %(n)

74 (37)

78 (35)

Mean length of time commissioning health services (months)

Mean (SD, Range)

44.1 36.2, 6–180

-

Mean length of time commissioning/managing stop smoking services (months)

Mean (SD, Range)

39.6 (33.4, 3–132)

44.8 (37.15, 6–144)

Is commissioning/managing stop smoking services your sole responsibility?

Yes: % (n)

14 (5)

24 (14)

% of current role spent commissioning/managing stop smoking services

Mean (SD, Range)

41.9 (27.1, 5–100)

83.4 (22.7, 20–100)

N other services commissioned/managed

Mean (SD, Range)

2.9 (1.4, 1–6)

1.6 (0.7, 1–3)

N WTE ‘Specialist’ SSPs

Mean (SD, Range)

-

6.9 (5.8, 0–30)

N active community SSPs

Mean (SD, Range)

-

118.3 (95.3, 0–320)

PCT-level characteristics

(n = 48) b

(n = 55) b

Self-reported quit rate

Mean % (SD, Range)

50.1 (8.6, 32.8–68.9)

48.0 (8.7, 29.5–68.9)

CO-validated quit rate

Mean % (SD, Range)

35.9 (8.8, 14.8–56.6)

33.7 (10.6, 4.8–56.6)

Number of smokers setting a quit date

Mean (SD, Range)

5764.5 (3212.4, 1619–16858)

5527.9 (2590.7, 1619–14515)

IMD Score c

Mean (SD, Range)

24.1 (8.8, 11.3–43.5)

25.2 (9.5, 10.0–43.5)

N setting a quit date per WTE specialist SSP

Mean (SD, Range)

 

1172.3 (941.1, 275.2–4568.0)

N setting a quit date per ‘active’ community SSP

Mean (SD, Range)

 

232.9 (763.0, 16.4–4568.0)

  1. a % may not add up to 100% due to rounding and missing data.
  2. b Some PCTs had multiple responding commissioners/managers.
  3. c Higher scores indicate greater deprivation.