Research Article

Smoking Ban in Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: An Iranian Study on the Views and Attitudes of the Mental Health Staff and Psychiatric Patients

Table 3

Demographic characteristics of health staff and psychiatric patients.

Mental health staff (N=30)Psychiatric patients (N=90)

Age mean (SD ±)40.2 (±8.1)39.2 (±13.3)

Female/male11/1946/44

Education No/%

High school or less3 (10%)31 (34.4%)

High school diploma5 (16.7%)34 (37.8%)

Bachelor12 (40%)23 (25.6%)

Masters3 (10%)2 (2.2%)

MD or PhD7 (23.3%)0 (0.0%)