Smoking habit and behaviour among health professionals
Masia, M.D.; Solinas, G.; Piana, A.; Dettori, M.; Sotgiu, G.; Castiglia, P.
Annali di Igiene Medicina Preventiva e di Comunita 18(3): 261-269
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1120-9135 PMID: 16821503 Document Number: 601615
The study reports the results of a survey by questionnaire on the health staff's smoking habits in the Hospital-University Complex of Sassari. Thirty-one percent are smokers: 35.5% among nurses, 21.4% among doctors and 40.4% among service staff. Daily smokers are 87.2% and 46% smoke 10 or more cigarettes per day. The great part of the sample thinks that it has to participate in tobacco control programs, although 6.0% of doctors disagree. Multiple correspondence analysis showed different profiles on attitudes and smoking habits among health staff components. Among no-smokers, nurses, technicians and service staff are not favorable to the tobacco control campaigns thinking they should not be a role model to others. Among smokers, service staff and some physicians showed a similar profile; moreover, they smoke in front of patients. These results indicate that the smoking attitude of some health staff components might be a "negative" model to which refer and it might interfere with tobacco control programs.