| Abstract [eng] |
Smoking among healthcare professionals is a long-standing and widespread problem worldwide. Smoking can have a negative impact not only on their own health, but also on the health and well-being of their patients. The effects of smoking can be transmitted through the therapeutic setting and encourage patients to smoke or hinder their efforts to quit. In Lithuania, there are not enough comprehensive studies that include smokers who are healthcare professionals. Objectives. 1) To analyze the prevalence of smoking habit among doctors and nursing staff depending on their age and specialization, 2) to evaluate the attitude of doctors and nursing staff to the harm of smoking and smoking prevention measures and 3) to find out the reasons for the prevalence of smoking among doctors and nursing staff. Methods. A questionnaire survey method was chosen for the quantitative research. An anonymous questionnaire was prepared, which consisted of questions relevant to the selected topic. Doctors and nurses of various specializations participated in the study. The answers to the questions were compared according to gender, specialty, and smoking prevalence. Results. Many participants in this study were women and respondents in the age group ≤ 29-40 years. According to specialization, most participants were nurses working with family doctors. The number of working hours per week was distributed very similarly <40 hours/week. and 40-50 hours/week. Only 27,3 percent worked in more than one workplace. Slightly more than a quarter of the respondents worked at night. Most of the respondents learned about the harm caused by smoking through social networks or during their studies. Almost half of the respondents believed that tobacco is a narcotic substance. More than 60 percent respondents believed that smoking is simply a bad habit. Also, a little more than 60 percent. of respondents indicated willpower as the most effective intervention for smoking cessation. Almost 50 percent of participants said they smoke because it gives them pleasure and about a quarter said they smoke because of stress. Conclusions. In the group of doctors, specialization and smoking prevalence had a significant statistical relationship. However, no significant relationship between these factors was found in the nursing group. The highest prevalence of smoking was among doctors and nurses working in therapeutic and surgical profiles. It was found that knowledge about smoking was statistically significantly related to profession and smoking prevalence. Most of the participants in the study stated that they smoke because of the satisfaction they get from smoking and the stress they experience. Keywords: Tendency in smoking prevalence, health care workers, smoking habit tendency. |
