Smoking habits, knowledge about and attitudes toward smoking among employees in health institutions in Serbia

Stojanović, Miodrag; Musovic, Dijana; Petrović, Branislav; Milošević, Zoran; Milosavljević, Ivica; Višnjić, Aleksandar; Sokolović, Dušan

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“… 26 In Serbia, 60.7% of physicians agreed that healthcare professionals serve as role models for their patients and public. 27 However, data from a focus group interview carried out among Armenian doctors revealed that the majority of doctors believed they have no role in patients’ quitting. 28 Compared with Finnish physicians, Estonian physicians were less conscious of their role as healthy lifestyle exemplars in 2002.…”

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Smoking prevalence and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians: results from cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2014

Põld

Pärna

2017

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesTo explore smoking prevalence and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians in 2002 and 2014.DesignTwo self-administered cross-sectional postal surveys were conducted among practising physicians in Estonia.ParticipantsInitial sample consisted of all practising physicians in Estonia. The corrected response rate was 67.8% in 2002 and 53.1% in 2014. Present study sample was restricted to physicians younger than 65 years (n=2549 in 2002, n=2339 in 2014).MethodsAge-standardised prevalence of smoking and prevalence of agreement with seven statements concerning attitudes towards smoking was determined. To analyse association of physicians’ attitudes towards smoking with study year and smoking status, logistic regression analysis was used. Adjusted ORs of agreement with the seven statements were determined. Corresponding 95% CIs were calculated.ResultsThe age-standardised prevalence of current smoking among men was 26.8% in 2002 and 15.3% in 2014, among women 10.4% and 5.8%, respectively. Compared with the year 2002, in 2014, prevalence of agreement with statements declaring harmfulness of smoking was higher and prevalence of agreement with statements approving smoking was lower. Adjusted ORs showed that compared with 2002, physicians’ attitudes towards smoking were less favourable in 2014, and physicians’ attitudes towards smoking were associated with their smoking status.ConclusionsCompared with 2002, the age-standardised smoking prevalence among male and female physicians was lower, and attitudes towards smoking were less approving in 2014. The smoking physicians had more approving attitudes towards smoking than their non-smoking colleagues.

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Smoking prevalence and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians: results from cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2014

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Pärna

2017

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“…[ 13 14 ] All deleterious habits were reported in male subjects; smoking and consumption of alcohol were not observed in female subjects in the present study which is in contrast to some other study findings in which about 46% were female smokers. [ 15 ] This may be due to a social taboo in the Indian community which doesn’t allow Indian women to consume alcohol and smoke. [ 16 ]…”

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Oral health status, treatment needs and knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers of Ambala, India - A cross-sectional study

Aggnur¹,

Garg

Veeresha³

et al. 2014

Ann Med Health Sci Res

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Background:Health care workers (HCWs) from an important component of the health care system of any nation. Adequate knowledge regarding oral health is also mandatory as it is directly related to general health. Aim: The present study was undertaken to assess oral health status and treatment needs of the health workers in Ambala district and to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of HCWs.Subjects and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 148 HCWs of Ambala District. World Health Organization (WHO) Oral Health Performa-1997 was used to collect the data. For the diagnosis of dental caries, WHO type III examination was done using mouth mirrors and sharp probes while periodontal assessments were done by community periodontal index-probes. The data were analyzed using SPSS package, Chicago, IL, version 13.0.Results:Eating sweets and poor oral hygiene lead to dental caries were cited as the main reasons for dental caries by 62.2% (92/148) of subjects. Majority of the subjects (43.2%, 64/148) used to brush their teeth once a day. Mean number of decayed and missing teeth due to caries were 4.73 and 0.628 respectively. Prosthetic needs for maxillary arch were almost the same when compared to the prosthesis in the mandibular arch. Majority of the male (82.1%, 46/56) and female (79.3%, 73/92) subjects were having calculus.Conclusion:Attitude of the health workers toward oral health was poor as they had significantly higher treatment needs. The present study emphasized the need of regular dental checkup and health education of HCWs.

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“…The moderately high prevalence of smoking amongst health care providers is alarming as they are setting a bad example to patients by being uncritical to this habit by rarely asking patients about their smoking and rarely advising them not to smoke ( Stojanović et al, 2013 ). This is further elaborated by a research which found out that of the physicians who smoke, 25% do not warn their patients about the risks of smoking and about 22% not always give advice to them about quitting ( Araya et al,2012 ).…”

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The Frequency of Smoking and Common Factors Leading to Continuation of Smoking among Health Care Providers in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Karachi

Khan¹,

Bawany²,

Ahmed³

et al. 2014

GJHS

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Background:The primary objective of the study was to find out the frequency of tobacco smoking among health care providers in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi. The secondary objective was to identify the common factors responsible for the continuation of smoking.Method:This cross sectional study was conducted in the wards and out-patient departments of three selected tertiary hospitals of Karachi. A total of 180 health care providers were enrolled in the study using proportionate stratified sampling. Postgraduate students, house officers and trainees were excluded from the study. Data were collected from randomly selected health care providers using survey methodology. SPSS v. 20.0 was used to enter and analyze the data.Results:Fifty two participants out of 180 were smokers for past one year (28.9%). Among them, 21 (11.7%) smoked more than 5 cigarettes per day. Twenty smokers (11.1%) were found to smoke due to peer influence. It was found that those who were influenced by their peers were 8.33 times more prone to be addicted to smoking than those who were less influenced. Similarly, the likelihood of addiction increased up to 76.9% with the lack of incentives.Conclusion:Our results clearly indicate that a large number of health care providers smoke which should be a serious concern. Hence our health agencies should take immediate action in order to curtail the heaving burden of smoking and its related health consequences.

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Smoking habits, knowledge about and attitudes toward smoking among employees in health institutions in Serbia

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Smoking prevalence and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians: results from cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2014

Smoking prevalence and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians: results from cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2014

Oral health status, treatment needs and knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers of Ambala, India - A cross-sectional study

The Frequency of Smoking and Common Factors Leading to Continuation of Smoking among Health Care Providers in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Karachi

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