Knowledge about Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Quitting among Italian University Students: The Importance of Teaching Nicotine Dependence and Treatment in the Medical Curriculum

Table 2

Mean scores for two sets of 14 grouped items in 1191 university students.

	School								𝑃 value^a
	Medical						Architecture	Law
Year of observation	2010	2011	2011	2011	2012	2012	2012	2012
Group	1	2	3A	3B	4A	4B	5	6
Year of school	4	4	5	5 (retest)	6	6 (retest)	4	4
Total sample (𝑛)	439	203	113	104	207	126	122	107
Knowledge of smoking epidemiology, risks associated with smoking, and benefits of cessations: Score 1
𝑛	393	180	103	97	189	120	109	95
Mean (SD)	49.3 (10.8)	47.9 (12.8)	50.5 (11.6)	55.0 (12.7)	51.0 (11.1)	51.6 (11.6)	40.8 (11.7)	40.2 (10.9)	<.001
Range (0–100)	17–87	17–87	23–70	27–87	23–80	20–83	17–77	20–67
Knowledge of clinical guidelines on tobacco dependence treatment and effectiveness of method: Score 2
𝑛	391	182	103	98	191	118	105	92
Mean (SD)	47.8 (10.4)	48.8 (11.5)	49.7 (11.0)	55.4 (13.7)	48.4 (11.5)	51.0 (12.3)	42.1 (10.5)	43.2 (10.8)	<.001
Range (0–100)	7–87	17–87	30–77	23–87	17–77	20–80	20–67	13–70

𝑛: number of subjects observed.
^aAnalysis of variance.