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T1 Tobacco use amongst nursing and physiotherapy students: a cross sectional questionnaire survey
A1 Fernández García, Daniel
A1 Martín Sánchez, Vicente
A1 Vázquez Casares, Ana María
A1 Liébana Presa, Cristina
A1 Fernández Martínez, María Elena
A1 Luis González, José Manuel de
A2 Enfermeria
K1 Enfermería
K1 Medicina. Salud
K1 Tobacco
K1 Nursing students
K1 University
K1 Health students
K1 3212 Salud Publica
K1 3213.11 Fisioterapia
AB [EN] Aim: The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence, knowledge and attitudes of tobacco use in the students of the School of Health Sciences in the Campus of Ponferrada (University of León, Spain). Two-hundred and sixty-six (88.3% of respondents) students were assessed by a confidential questionnaire, which was distributed, completed by the students and collected in the same session. Methods: This was a descriptive quantitative survey research design to examine the tobacco use among nursing and physiotherapy students. Results: The global prevalence was 29.3%. In relation to academic courses we have observed statistical significance (p = 0.006). Therefore students increased tobacco use while their training at the school. Seventy (89.7%) of students were smokers prior to commencing degree. Nursing students declared were unfamiliar with strategies and methods to help people to quit.The first academic course students (78.6%) significantly differed (p = 0.009) from second and third course. We have found scores statistically significant (p = 0.04) about the students opinion about health professionals social role function. Conclusion: Tobacco consumption in university health students in the third year was higher than people aged 16-24 years old reported from the National Health Survey. The findings showed a great need to improve the curricular content in the area of tobacco including information, prevention, and treatment.
PB Elsevier
SN 0020-7489
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18277
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18277
NO Fernández García, D., Martín Sánchez, V., Vázquez Casares, A. M., Liébana Presa, C., Fernández Martínez, M. E., & De Luis González, J. M. (2007). Tobacco use amongst nursing and physiotherapy students: a cross sectional questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44(5), 780-785. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJNURSTU.2006.02.008
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 25-jun-2024