Smoking Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices among Health Care Professionals from Sulaymaniyah City/Iraq:

Tobacco Use Insights

Darya SaeedAbdulateef¹ 

关键词: smoking;    attitude;    Sulaymaniyah;    Iraq;    physicians;    dentists;   

DOI  :  10.4137/TUI.S38171

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSmoking is a serious risk to health globally. Health care professionals play a key role in the prevention of smoking as they are considered a role model by patients.ObjectivesThe aims of this study are to evaluate smoking rate among physicians and dentists from Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, and to understand their knowledge and attitudes toward tobacco smoking.MethodsA cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted involving physicians and dentists working in both University of Sulaimani and Sulaymaniyah Teaching Hospitals. A questionnaire created based on World Health Organization Global Health Professional Survey with slight modifications was emailed to the study participants and the responses received were analyzed.ResultsIncidence of smoking among physicians and dentists was 26.5%, with a significantly higher rate among male compared to female health care professionals. The mean age of starting smoking was 22.3 (±4.8) years. Only 7.3% of health care professionals received formal train...

【 授权许可】

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