Prevalence, Habits and Personal Attitudes towards Smoking among Health Care Professionals

Juranić, Brankica; Rakošec, Ţeljko; Jakab, Jelena; Mikšić, Štefica; Vuletić, Suzana; Ivandić, Marul; Blaţević, Ivka

doi:10.37247/pamed.1.2020.5a

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“…14,15 Juranić et al furtherly demonstrated that nurses that finished high school education are more prone to have higher levels of occupational stress as compared to other HCWs, as a result of the potentially-faced nursing shortage across the different healthcare settings. 16 Besides, they also demonstrated that reduced levels of education among nurses, increased frequency of working during shifts, and increasing frequency of having overtime shifts were also other factors that hugely contributed to occupational stress among HCWs. The effect of cultural norms is also an important factor to consider because in some cultures smoking is a specific status symbol and is generally accepted, while in others, smoking is a harmful habit and is not encouraged, especially within the Middle Eastern region.…”

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Challenges in smoking prevention among healthcare workers

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Many diseases have been reported in association with smoking, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and coronary artery disease. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play an essential role in such campaigns being in the first-line of management of the corresponding patients. Therefore, it is essential to investigate the smoking status among HCWs to make sure adequate interventions are appropriately delivered to their patients. Unfortunately, different studies in the literature indicate that the prevalence of smoking is high among HCWs. Furthermore, adopting restricting policies against smoking has been reported to be of limited efficacy in reducing the frequency of smoking. Therefore, other pharmacological therapies have been proposed. However, the duration of the effectiveness of these modalities does not allow for favorable long-term outcomes. Accordingly, psychological interventions, web-based campaigns, and person-to-person interviews can be the most appropriate modalities to achieve better outcomes. Further investigations are still needed for further validation of the most optimal and suitable intervention.

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Challenges in smoking prevention among healthcare workers

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Previous studies that investigated nurses’ attitudes toward smoking have suggested the necessity of developing appropriate training programs to improve nurses’ ability to provide active support to smokers in smoking cessation interventions 12,13 . Juranić et al investigated the prevalence, habits, and personal attitudes toward smoking among nurses and highlighted the necessity of providing appropriate training programs to improve their ability in smoking cessation techniques 11 . The workplace appears to be a useful setting to help people quit smoking.…”

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“…Nurses were also asked dichotomous questions about their training experience in smoking hazards and smoking cessation interventions and about their perceived expertise to counsel smokers. Questions about personal attitudes related to smoking utilized in this study were developed and piloted by Juranić et al 11 We modified and translated these questions into Korean. The modification and development of the questionnaire were conducted, via the Delphi technique, by three health care professionals who worked for SAs as health managers.…”

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“…Given their critical role in the process of smoking cessation, both as advisors and behavioral models for society, previous studies have suggested that it is important to assess medical professionals’ habits and attitudes toward smoking 10,11 . These studies investigated nurses’ prevalence and personal attitudes toward smoking.…”

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“…These studies investigated nurses’ prevalence and personal attitudes toward smoking. However, they were mainly conducted in Western countries and with ward nurses 11‐13 . Therefore, this study focuses on occupational health nurses who provide occupational health services to SMEs and their workers in the Republic of Korea.…”

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Occupational health nurses’ personal attitudes toward smoking: A cross-sectional study

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Objectives This study aims to investigate if experience in smoking intervention training influences attitudes toward smoking, discuss the role of health management programs of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises, and analyze the current attitude of occupational health nurses regarding the hazards of smoking and responsibility to smokers to effectively facilitate smoking cessation support programs. Methods We conducted an anonymous self‐administered cross‐sectional survey of 108 nurses employed in occupational health services outsourcing specialized agency in Korea. We assessed the difference in attitude about smoking according to training experience in smoking interventions and perceived competence in counseling smokers using chi‐square test and Fisher's exact test. Results Occupational health nurses with the training experience of smoking interventions tend to perceive the harmful effects of smoking more seriously, compared to occupational health nurses without the training experience ( P = .024, Fisher's exact test) and the OHSO nurses with the training experience tend to have professional ethics as health care professionals ( P = .017, Fisher's exact test). Occupational health nurses having expertise in smoking cessation counseling tended to have professional ethics ( P = .047, Fisher's exact test) and social responsibility as health care professionals ( P = .022, Fisher's exact test). Conclusion The occupational health nurses with training experience and expertise in smoking cessation counseling perceive the harmful effects of smoking more strongly and can enhance their professional ethics and social responsibility as health care professionals.

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Prevalence, Habits and Personal Attitudes towards Smoking among Health Care Professionals

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Challenges in smoking prevention among healthcare workers

Challenges in smoking prevention among healthcare workers

Occupational health nurses’ personal attitudes toward smoking: A cross-sectional study

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