Prevalencia de tabaquismo en una población de trabajadores de un hospital militar
Introduction: The WHO promotes as a priority that health personnel stop smoking, since it plays an important role in health. There is evidence that the role of health professionals is very important at the time of social change with respect to smoking, generates an impact on the cessation of...
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| Publicado en: | Revista Médica Universitaria |
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| Sumario: | Introduction: The WHO promotes as a
priority that health personnel stop smoking,
since it plays an important role in health.
There is evidence that the role of health
professionals is very important at the time of
social change with respect to smoking,
generates an impact on the cessation of
consumption in the community that should
educate.
Objective: To know the behavior of smoking
in the health personnel of the Mendoza
Regional Military Hospital.
Material and Methods: a descriptive crosssectional
study was conducted in the Regional
Military Hospital of Mendoza, during the
month of July 2018, which included 82 health
professionals, among them, doctors, nurses,
among others. In all cases, a structured,
anonymous survey was applied.
Results: The prevalence of smoking was 34%.
They are part of the group of medical smokers
(41%) and nurses (41%). Mostly women (75%)
and between 30 and 39 years of age. 78%
reported Cough as a symptom associated with
smoking and 14% dyspnea. 76% of the
smokers had an active attitude towards
cessation of smoking, with willpower being
the most used method for cessation. There
was a significant difference between smokers
and non-smokers when advising to quit
smoking (p: 0.0314)
Discussion: It was observed that the behavior
of smoking in health personnel is high,
especially in doctors and nurses, who despite
the knowledge of the problems associated
with the consumption, do not constitute
themselves as model educators and
motivators of the change of smoking habits. |
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