Hekimlerin sigara bıraktırma davranışları ve ilişkili faktörler

AMAÇ: Bu çalışmada, hekimlerin sigara bıraktırma davranışlarını ve ilişkili faktörleri saptamak amaçlanmıştır. YÖNTEM: Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışmada 2011 yılı Eylül-Ekim aylarında Şanlıurfa il merkezinde görev yapan 711 hekimden, sigara bıraktırma davranışı sıklığı %50 kabul edilip, %4 standart sapma ve %95 güven aralığı düzeyinde uygun örnek büyüklüğü 326 hekim olarak planlanmıştır. Tabakalı rastgele örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak 263 hekime ulaşılmış olup, yanıtlama hızı %81’dir. Hekimlerin seçimi rastgele sayılar tablosu kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Çalışmada anket yöntemi kullanılmış ve anket formunda hekimlerin tanımlayıcı özellikleri, sigara içme durumları, hastalarına sigara bıraktırma davranışları ve hekimlerin hastaların sigara bırakmaları konusundaki görüşlerine yönelik sorular yer almıştır. Analizlerde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, ki-kare ve pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmış olup, anlamlılık düzeyi p0.05). Yaş ilerledikçe ‘yardımcı olma’ ve ‘izlem’ davranışı anlamlı olarak yükselmektedir (p

Physicians' smoking cessation behavior and related factors

AIM: In this study, it was aimed to determine physicians' smoking cessation behaviors, and related factors. METHOD: This cross-sectional study was conducted between September-October of 2011. During this period 711 physicians has been working in provincial center, we planned to reach 326 physicians using 50% prevalance of cessation behaviour, , standard deviation of 5% and %95 confidence level by stratified random sampling method. We reached 263 physicians (response rate was 81%). In this study was used a questionnaire includes descriptive characteristics of physicians, smoking status of them, approaches to smoking cessation in patients, opinions about patients' smoking cessation. In this study, descriptive statistics, chi-square and pearson correlation were used, and significancy level was accepted as p<0.05. RESULTS: It was found that 25,4% were current smokers, 5.1% intermediate-range smokers, 51.6% had never smoked, 18 % were ex-smokers. Physicians' behavior on smoking cessation in their patients reported that 56.7 % often or always 'asked they smoke', 71.5 % has advised to give up, 44.9 % were &#8216;to help&#8217;, 12.5 % were &#8216;to follow&#8217;. It was found no correlation between gender and physicians&#8217; smoking cessation behaviors (p>0.05). Older age physicians were significantly more 'helped' and 'fallowed up&#8217; than younger ages (p<0.05). It was found a relationship between physician's smoking cessation behavior and smoking status, and their opinion on patients&#8217; smoking stop significantly (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: It should be useful to spread smoking cessation behaviour of physicians by regulation of smoking cessation programs for physicians, skill development program for physicians' counseling based on their opinion, and developing health behavior surveillance system in family physcian system &#8216;whether the patient is smoking&#8217;.

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TSK Koruyucu Hekimlik Bülteni-Cover
  • ISSN: 1303-734X
  • Yayın Aralığı: 8
  • Başlangıç: 2002
  • Yayıncı: Gülhane Askeri Tıp Akademisi Halk Sağlığı AD.