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BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease with an impact on the quality of life. Self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety were assessed in the Spanish cohort of the International Epidemiological Study on Depression and Anxiety in patients with CF (International Depression-Anxiety Epidemiological Study) and their relationship with health status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was evaluated. METHODS: This cross-sectional study recruited adult patients with CF at 10 Spanish centers. Patients completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Revised Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire. Demographic and health data were recorded from medical charts. Logistic regression was used to determine the predictors of elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety (HADS≥8). RESULTS: Of the 336 participants recruited (mean age, 28.1years; 48.2% women), 41 (12.2%) had elevated depression-related scores, and 100 (29.7%) had elevated anxiety-related scores (HADS≥8). After adjusting for confounders, only less education, intravenous antibiotics, psychiatric medications and psychotherapy were significantly associated with elevated psychological symptoms. Specifically, regardless of lung function, patients who were depressed or anxious reported worse HRQoL. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety was high in Spanish adult patients with CF, and these symptoms were associated with a decreased HRQoL.
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Anxiety/diagnosis , Cystic Fibrosis/psychology , Depression/diagnosis , Quality of Life , Adolescent , Adult , Anxiety/epidemiology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Cystic Fibrosis/epidemiology , Depression/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Male , Spain/epidemiology , Young AdultABSTRACT
Objetivo: Conocer la prevalencia y actitudes sobre el consumo de tabaco en estudiantes universitarios de las diplomaturas de Ciencias dela Salud (CS), Ciencias de la Educación (CE) y Estudios Sociales (ES) de la Universidad de Zaragoza, todas ellas con repercusión como modelo social a imitar. Pacientes y método: Estudio descriptivo transversal mediante cuestionario anónimo, voluntario y autoadministrado que recogía datos personales y preguntas sobre actitudes y conocimientos de los efectos del tabaco. La población diana estuvo compuesta por los estudiantes con asignaturas de primer y tercer curso de las diplomaturas previamente citadas. Resultados: Se recogieron 450 encuestas válidas (180 alumnos de Ciencias de la Educación y Estudios Sociales respectivamente) y 90 de Ciencias de la Educación, con una distribución por cursos al 50% entre 1º y 3º. Por género, el 82,4% eran mujeres y el 17,5% hombres, con una edad media global de 21,42 ± 4,8 años. Se observó que el 45,3% eran fumadores (35,4% en hombres y 47,4% en mujeres), 9,1% exfumadores y el 45,6% nunca habían fumado. Ciencias de la Salud es la carrera donde menos fumadores encontramos 31,1%, seguido de Ciencias de la Educación con un 46,7% y Estudios Sociales con un 51,1%. Conclusiones: Los universitarios encuestados presentan cifras similares de fumadores que la población de su edad. Mayor prevalencia del hábito tabáquico en mujeres que en hombres como se viene observando en los últimos estudios. Menor consumo de tabaco en los estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud que en los de Ciencias de la Educación y Estudios Sociales (AU)
Objective: Know the prevalence and attitudes and the consumption of tobacco in university students in the Sciences of Health (SH) careers, Sciences of Education (SE) and Social Studies (SS) of the University of Zaragoza, all of them with a repercussion as a social model to imitate. Patients and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study using an anonymous, voluntary and self-applied questionnaire that collected personal data and asked about attitudes and knowledge on the effects of tobacco.The target population was made up of the students in the subject staught in the first and third year of the previously mentioned careers. Results: A total of 450 valid surveys were collected (180 students from Sciences of Education and Social Studies, respectively) and 90 from Sciences of Education, with the distribution per course at 50% between the first and third year. By gender, 82.4% were women and 17.5% men with a mean global age of 21.42 ± 4.8 years. It was observed that 45.3% smoked (35.4% in men and 47.4% in women), 9.1% ex-smokers and 45.6% had never smoked. Sciences of Health is the career having the least number of smokers, there being 31.1%, followed by Sciences of Education with 46.7% and Social Studies with 51.1%. Conclusions: The university students who were surveyed had similar values of being smokers as the population of their age. There was greater prevalence of the smoking habit in women than in men as has been observed in recent studies and less consumption of tobacco in the students from Sciences of Health than in those from Sciences of Education and Social Studies (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Tobacco Smoke Pollution/prevention & control , Smoking/epidemiology , Epidemiological Monitoring/trends , Student Health Services/trends , Students, Health Occupations/psychology , Education/methods , Students/psychology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Cross-Sectional Studies , 24419 , Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Introducción: Los profesionales de farmacia son un grupo de sanitariosen constante contacto con la población general. Por ello nuestroobjetivo fue estudiar la prevalencia del hábito tabáquico en trabajadoresde oficinas de farmacia según titulación, sexo y edad.Sujetos y método: Se estudió una muestra de 401 trabajadores delas 662 oficinas de farmacia existentes en Aragón, seleccionada por muestreobietápico. Se utilizó una encuesta anónima y autoadministrada que,dentro de un estudio más amplio, permitió clasificarlos en nunca fumadores,ex-fumadores y fumadores.Resultados: La prevalencia de fumadores fue del 36,91% (27,18%fumadores consonantes y 9,73% fumadores disonantes), registrándoseun 22,19% de ex-fumadores y un 40,90% de nunca fumadores. Poredad, hubo un 48,3% de fumadores menores de 30 años, un 37,1% teníanentre 30 y 45, un 29,1% entre 45 y 60, y un 21,7% mayores de60 años (p < 0,01). Por sexo, fumaba un 32,9% de los hombres y un39,0% de las mujeres (p < 0,001); y por titulación, fumaban un 29,4%de los titulados superiores, frente a un 46,8% de los auxiliares de farmacia(p < 0,0001).Conclusiones: La prevalencia de fumadores en trabajadores de oficinasde farmacia en Aragón es ligeramente superior a la de la poblacióngeneral aragonesa y española; disminuye con la edad, siendo mayor enmujeres, y en auxiliares de farmacia
Objectives: Chemists workers is a group of sanitation people whichare in constant touch with general population. This is the reason why westudy prevalence of smoking in a population of chemists workers, asa whole and according to degree, gender and age.Material and methods:We studied a sample of 401 chemists workers,obtained among 662 pharmacies in Aragon by two-phases sampling,giving them an anonymous and self-managed questionnaire, thatallowed us to classify workers, in a larger study, into three groups: neversmokers, ex-smokers or smokers.Results: The prevalence of smoking was of a 36,91% (27,18% ofconsonant smokers and 9,73% of dissonant smokers), being reported a22,19% of ex-smokers and a 40,90% of never smokers. In accordanceto age, they smoked 48,3% under 30 years, 37,1% between 30 and 45years, 29,1% between 45 and 60 years and 21,7% over 60 years (p <0,01). In accordance to gender, the prevalence of smoking was of a 32,9%in men and a 39,0% in women (p < 0,001); and in accordance to degree,they smoked 29,4% of those who have an universitary degree, and 46,8%among chemists assistants (p < 0,0001).Conclusions: The prevalence of smoking in chemists workers inAragon is lightly higher than in Spain and Aragon population, it decreaseswith age, and its higher in women and chemists assistants
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Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Humans , Pharmacists/statistics & numerical data , Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology , Pharmacy Technicians/statistics & numerical data , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Sex Factors , Age Factors , Health SurveysABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate nicotine dependence in adolescent smokers using a version of DSM-IV criteria for nicotine dependence adapted for adolescents (DSM-IVa). To establish its usefulness and the most relevant items for diagnosing adolescent smokers. POPULATION AND METHODS: Two thousand six hundred forty-seven schoolchildren between 10 and 17 years old were surveyed. A sample size was calculated for each year of age, using the finite population equation with the addition of 10% so that the absolute error would not increase at the end of the study if questionnaires were withdrawn. The sample was stratified by sex and type of school for each age group, with allocation to each stratum proportional to the number of individuals. Schools and students were selected using random number tables. The questionnaire collected the most significant personal data and information related to DSM-IVa criteria. RESULTS: Smokers made up 23.1% of the sample, and 63.5% of them smoked daily. According to the DSM-IVa criteria, 70.7% of the smokers were nicotine dependent. The DSM-IVa had a kappa value of 1 and internal consistency was good (Cronbach's alpha: 0.5598). CONCLUSIONS: The DSM-IVa is useful in the studied population, although not perfect. According to the criteria, 70.7% of those interviewed were already nicotine dependent. The key questions were those that referred to the presence of nicotine withdrawal syndrome symptoms and the need to spend a large amount of free time obtaining or smoking cigarettes.
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Smoking/psychology , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Smoking/epidemiologyABSTRACT
OBJETIVOS: Valorar la dependencia nicotínica en jóvenes fumadores a través de una versión adaptada para adolescentes de los criterios nosológicos DSM-IV para la dependencia a la nicotina (DSM-IVa). Determinar su utilidad y los ítems más importantes del mismo en adolescentes fumadores. POBLACIÓN Y MÉTODOS: Se entrevistó a 2.647 escolares de entre 10 y 17 años. Se calculó un tamaño muestral para cada edad, en años, mediante la ecuación de poblaciones finitas, añadiendo un 10 por ciento para que en el caso de existir mermas no aumentasen el error absoluto final. Para cada edad el muestreo fue estratificado por sexo y tipo de centro, con afijación en cada estrato proporcional al número de individuos. La elección de centros y alumnos se hizo mediante tabla de números aleatorios. La encuesta, además de recoger los principales datos personales, comprendía una versión adaptada a adolescentes de los criterios nosológicos DSM-IV para la dependencia a la nicotina. RESULTADOS: El 23,1 por ciento eran fumadores, y de ellos el 63,5 por ciento eran fumadores diarios. Según el DSM-IVa, el 70,7 por ciento de los fumadores eran dependientes de la nicotina. El DSMIVa obtuvo un índice kappa de 1 y una buena consistencia interna (coeficiente alfa de Cronbach = 0,5598). CONCLUSIONES: El DSM-IVa es útil en dicha población, aunque no perfecto. Según sus criterios, el 70,7 por ciento de los entrevistados ya se habían vuelto dependientes de la nicotina, siendo las preguntas clave las referentes a la presencia de síntomas del síndrome de abstinencia nicotínica y a la necesidad de emplear gran parte del tiempo libre en conseguir o consumir tabaco (AU)
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Adolescent , Male , Humans , Female , Child , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Tobacco Use DisorderABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Approximately 65 % of young smokers have failed to give up smoking because of their addiction to nicotine. The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence is used to quantify nicotine dependence in adults but studies in teenagers are scarce. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether young smokers are nicotine-dependent, and if so, to what extent, as well as the factors linked to nicotine dependence. METHODS: A total of 2647 schoolchildren, aged 10 to 17 years old, from 41 different schools were interviewed. A sample size was calculated for each age, in years, by using the equation of finite population, but adding an extra 10 % so that if the numbers decreased, the final absolute error would not be increased. For each age the sample was stratified by sex and type of school, with proportional affixation to the number of individuals within each stratum. Schools and students were chosen by using the random numbers table. In addition to eliciting personal data, the questionnaire also included a version of the FTND adapted for use in teenagers. RESULTS: The mean age was 13.77 years and 51.5 % were male. A total of 23.1 % reported they were smokers (54.5 % of them were girls and 45.5 % were boys). Most (86.6 %) of these teenager smokers showed low-moderate nicotine dependence and 3.3 % showed high dependence. No differences were found according to sex or age. CONCLUSIONS: Most teenagers who smoke show low nicotine dependence. Campaigns to prevent smoking should be aimed at children aged less than 10 years old to delay smoking the first cigarette and the subsequent next step of becoming a daily smoker for as long as possible since both factors have proved decisive in nicotine dependence.
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Mass Screening/methods , Smoking/epidemiology , Students/statistics & numerical data , Substance Abuse Detection/methods , Tobacco Use Disorder/diagnosis , Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Severity of Illness Index , Spain/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Antecedentes. Alrededor del 65 por ciento de los jóvenes fumadores ha intentado dejar de fumar sin conseguirlo debido a su dependencia nicotínica. El método para cuantificar dicha dependencia en adultos es el test de Fagerström, y son escasos los estudios realizados en adolescentes. Objetivos. Establecer la posible existencia de dependencia nicotínica en los jóvenes fumadores, el grado de ésta y los factores asociados a su aparición. Métodos. Se entrevistaron 2.647 escolares, de 10 a 17 años, de 41 centros escolares. Se calculó un tamaño muestral para cada edad, en años, mediante la ecuación de poblaciones finitas, añadiendo el 10 por ciento para en el caso de existir mermas no aumentasen el error absoluto final. Para cada edad el muestreo fue estratificado por sexo y tipo de centro, con afijación en cada estrato proporcional al número de individuos. La elección de los centros y alumnos se llevó a cabo mediante tabla de números aleatorios. La encuesta, además de recoger los principales datos personales, comprendía una versión adaptada a adolescentes del Test de Fagerström para la Dependencia de Nicotina. Resultados. Edad media de 13,77 años (varones, 51,5 por ciento). El 23,1 por ciento se declararon fumadores (54,5 por ciento mujeres y 45,5 por ciento varones). El 86,6 por ciento de los adolescentes fumadores tienen dependencia nicotínica baja-moderada y el 3,3 por ciento alta, sin que se observen diferencias en función del sexo ni edad. Conclusiones. La mayor parte de los adolescentes fumadores presentan dependencia nicotínica baja. Las campañas de prevención del consumo de tabaco se deben realizar antes de los 10 años, retrasando en lo posible, el consumo del primer cigarrillo y el paso a fumador diario, pues ambos factores se han mostrado determinantes en la presencia de dependencia nicotínica (AU)
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Child , Adolescent , Male , Female , Humans , Students , Tobacco Use Disorder , Spain , Tobacco Use Disorder , Substance Abuse Detection , Mass Screening , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics of tobacco consumption among adolescents seen at a health centre, find their opinions of the factors that affect consumption, and analyse the quality of the intervention of the health staff. DESIGN: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of adolescents attending the health centre. SETTING: Primary care (PC). PATIENTS: All the young people between 10 and 20 who attended family medicine, paediatric or nursing clinics, whether on-demand or with appointments, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between December 2000 and February 2001. MAIN RESULTS: 23.1% of all the girls smoked (95% CI, 14.9-33.1) versus 15.3% of boys (95% CI, 8.4-24.7). Among non-smokers the main reason for not smoking was health (94.4%). 50% of smokers had tried to give up, of whom 70.5% tried for health-related reasons. 49.4% (95% CI, 41.8-57.1) of those included in the study had been asked at the health centre on some occasion whether they smoked (10.1% of these [95% CI, 4.2-19.8] were aged 10-13; 73.4% [95% CI, 60.9-83.7] 14-17; and 76.7% [CI 95%: 61.4-88.2] 18-20); and 50.6% had never been asked. Of those who were asked and did smoke, 75% (95% CI, 55.1-89.3) were advised to give up and 4.7% of these (95% CI, 0.1-23.8) were offered help to do so. 28.81% of those who did not smoke (95% CI, 17.8-42.1) were encouraged to continue not to smoke. CONCLUSIONS: Both smokers and non-smokers are highly aware of the repercussions of tobacco on health. Tobacco dependency in young people was not tackled well enough at health centre clinics, especially by paediatricians.
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Adolescent Behavior , Primary Health Care , Smoking/epidemiology , Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Health Promotion/methods , Health Promotion/statistics & numerical data , Health Services/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Male , Smoking Cessation/methods , Smoking Prevention , Surveys and Questionnaires , Tobacco Use Disorder/prevention & controlABSTRACT
Objetivos. Describir las características del consumo de tabaco entre los adolescentes atendidos en un centro de salud, conocer su opinión sobre los factores que influyen en el mismo y analizar la calidad de la intervención del personal sanitario.Diseño. Estudio descriptivo, transversal realizado en adolescentes que acuden al centro de salud.Emplazamiento. Atención primaria (AP).Pacientes. Se seleccionó a todos los jóvenes entre 10 y 20 años que acudieron a las consultas a demanda o programadas de medicina de familia, pediatría o enfermería los martes y miércoles durante diciembre de 2000 a febrero de 2001.Resultados principales. Globalmente fuma el 23,1 per cent (intervalo de confianza [IC] del 95 per cent, 14,9-33,1) de las chicas frente al 15,3 per cent (IC del 95 per cent, 8,4-24,7) de los chicos. Entre los no fumadores el motivo más importante para no hacerlo es la salud (94,4 per cent). El 50 per cent de los fumadores ha intentado dejar de fumar; de éstos el 70,5 per cent lo ha hecho por motivos relacionados con la salud.Al 49,4 per cent (IC del 95 per cent, 41,8-57,1) de los incluidos en el estudio alguna vez se le ha preguntado en el centro de salud si fuma (10,1 per cent [IC del 95 per cent, 4,2-19,8] entre 10-13 años; 73,4 per cent [IC del 95 per cent, 60,9-83,7] entre 14-17, y 76,7 per cent [IC del 95 per cent, 61,4-88,2] entre 18-20), y al 50,6 per cent nunca se le ha preguntado. De aquellos a los que se les ha preguntado y fuman, al 75 per cent (IC del 95 per cent, 55,1-89,3) se le ha indicado que lo dejen, y de éstos al 4,7 per cent (IC del 95 per cent, 0,1-23,8) se le ofreció ayuda para hacerlo. De los que no fuman al 28,81 per cent (IC del 95 per cent, 17,8-42,1) se le animó a seguir así.Conclusiones. Existe una gran sensibilización tanto en no fumadores como en fumadores sobre las repercusiones del tabaco en la salud. Se observa un abordaje deficiente del tabaquismo en los jóvenes desde las consultas de un centro de salud, especialmente en la población pediátrica (AU)
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Child , Adolescent , Adult , Male , Female , Humans , Primary Health Care , Adolescent Behavior , Tobacco Use Disorder , Tobacco Use Disorder , Tobacco Use Cessation , Surveys and Questionnaires , Cross-Sectional Studies , Health Promotion , Health ServicesABSTRACT
The gold-salts compounds have been used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and of psoriatic arthritis, they are generally tolerates and when have adverse effects they are minor. The gold-induced lung toxicity is a infrequent adverse effect of patients with rheumatoid arthritis characterized by three types: interstitial penumonitis, bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia and bronchiolitis obliterans, usually the first is the more frequent. The diagnostic is supported by the clinical manifestations, chest roentgenogram, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and chest computed tomography scan. Biopsy study of the lung, is only needed for exclusion of other pulmonary disease. The gold-induced lung toxicity in the psoriatic arthritis is rarelly described, we report two cases with gold-induced pneumonitis with benign clinical course after cessation of therapy and treatment with corticosteroids.
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Antirheumatic Agents/adverse effects , Arthritis, Psoriatic/drug therapy , Pneumonia/chemically induced , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Organogold CompoundsABSTRACT
Las sales de oro se utilizan para tratar la artritis reumatoide y la artritis psoriásica, generalmente son bien toleradas y cuando aparecen efectos secundarios suelen ser menores. La neumopatía por sales de oro es un efecto tóxico infrecuente que suele presentarse en los pacientes con artritis reumatoide, expresandose de tres formas diferentes: como neumonitis intersticial, bronquiolitis obliterante con neumonia organizada y bronquiolitis obliterante, siendo la primera su forma habitual de presentación. El diagnóstico se realiza por la clínica, radiología de tórax, el LBA, y la TAC torácica, practicando la biopsia pulmonar sólo en los casos que se quieran excluir otros procesos pulmonares. En la artritis psoriásica sólo hay publicados algunos casos de neumopatía por sales de oro. Se presentan dos pacientes con neumonitis por aurotiomalato que evolucionaron favorablemente después de suspender el tóxico y ser tratadas con corticoides (AU)
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Middle Aged , Female , Humans , Arthritis, Psoriatic , Pneumonia , Antirheumatic AgentsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the frequency, characteristics and follow-up of anti-smoking counseling given to patients using a primary care facility; to survey patient opinion of anti-smoking advice offered. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive study at a primary care facility. SUBJECTS: random sample of 330 patients between 15 and 75 years of age using the primary care facility in March and April 2000. MEASUREMENTS: confidential survey by self-administered questionnaire on smoking, chronic disease related to smoking, anti-smoking advice given and patient opinion of anti-smoking counseling by health care givers. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking was 31.9% (100). Among patients who were either smokers or ex-smokers (162), advice to stop smoking had been received from the primary care physician by 47 patients (29.2%), from a specialist by 19 (11.8%), from a nurse by 14 (8.7%), from a pharmacist by 5 (3.1%), and from family by 34 (21.1%). We found no statistically significant differences related to gender or age for advice to stop smoking, although the presence or absence of chronic disease did affect counseling. Fifty-four (65%) of those who had been advised to quit considered that the time spent counseling was adequate. Ten patients (12%) received an informative brochure in addition to counseling. Forty smokers (40%) stated that they would quit smoking if their doctor advised them to and 45 (45%) would do so if they had a smoking-related disease. Thirty-three smokers (33%) believed that they should receive advice about smoking at all visits to the doctor, whereas 38 (38%) believed such counseling was appropriate only if the visit was for a smoking-related disease. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of smoking among patients who use primary care facilities is high. The frequency of advice to quit smoking is low, and reminders and follow-up are minimal. After learning a patient's habits and studying them, professional anti-smoking advice should always be given, with appropriate monitoring and follow-up.
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Smoking Prevention , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Counseling , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Primary Health Care , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
OBJETIVOS: Conocer la frecuencia, las características y el seguimiento de la prescripción sanitaria antitabaco en los pacientes que acuden a las consultas de atención primaria (AP); valorar la opinión de los pacientes sobre el consejo sanitario antitabaco recibido. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo transversal realizado en AP. Sujetos: muestra aleatoria de 330 pacientes entre 15 y 75 años que acudieron a las consultas de AP durante los meses de marzo y abril de 2000. Mediciones: encuesta confidencial autoadministrada sobre hábito tabáquico, enfermedades crónicas relacionadas con el tabaco, prescripción sanitaria antitabaco recibida y opinión sobre el consejo sanitario antitabaco. RESULTADOS: La prevalencia de fumadores era del 31,9 por ciento (100). Considerando el conjunto de fumadores y ex fumadores (162), el 29,2 por ciento (47) recibió consejo antitabaco del médico de AP, 11,8 por ciento (19) del especialista, el 8,7 por ciento (14) del personal de enfermería, el 3,1 por ciento (5) del farmacéutico y el 21,1 por ciento (34) de la familia. No se encontró una relación estadísticamente significativa entre la prescripción sanitaria antitabaco y el sexo o la edad, pero sí con la presencia de una enfermedad crónica. El 65 por ciento (54) de las personas que habían recibido consejo antitabaco consideraron que el tiempo empleado en dicho consejo fue adecuado. En el 12 por ciento (10) de las ocasiones, además del consejo, se entregó un folleto informativo. El 40 por ciento de los fumadores refiere que dejaría de fumar si su médico se lo aconsejase, y el 45 por ciento lo haría si tuviese una enfermedad relacionada con el tabaco. El 33 por ciento de los fumadores opina que debe recibir prescripción sanitaria antitabaco en todas las consultas, mientras que el 38 por ciento sólo si tuviera una enfermedad relacionada con el tabaco. CONCLUSIONES: La prevalencia de fumadores que acuden a las consultas de AP es elevada. La prescripción sanitaria antitabaco es baja, su recuerdo y seguimiento son mínimos. Tras averiguar el hábito del paciente y estudiarlo, siempre efectuaremos una prescripción facultativa antitabaco, asesorando y realizando el seguimiento oportuno (AU)