Smoking among health professional of Hue central hospital
Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
; : 35-40, 2003.
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en Vi
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| ID: wpr-703
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
Background: The phenomenon of smoking in health workers is rather common. In Vietnam, data on smoking in different demographics is quite rich, but research on the medical staff is sparse.\r\n', u'Objectives: To discover the smoking behavior and to identify predictors of smoking status among health workers in Hue Central hospital. \r\n', u'Subjects and methods: The questionnaire of a global survey on tobacco use among health professionals was adapted for data collection on a sample number of 749. \r\n', u'Results: Research participation rates reached 83.2% (65.6% female compared with 34.4% male). Overall smoking rate is just 14.7%, but much more prevalent among male subject (over 20-fold vs female), among physicians than nurses, among over-30-year old cohorts than among under 30 year old cohorts. One main predictor of smoking is the belief of health professionals on their role as non-smoking exemplary.\r\n', u'Conclusion: The results highlight the importance of promoting the belief of health professionals about the no-smoking atmosphere as a good model for patients.\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
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Fumar
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Vi
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Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
Año:
2003
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Article