Association Between Passive Smoking and Health Among Chinese Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Public Health

Qi-jun Wu¹  Xin-ying Zhang²  Li Gai²  Tian-hui Xia²  Ying Guo²  Xiang-hong Sun²  Yi-wei Xu²  Shi-qi Xiao²  Xin-ying Yu²  Chun-ling Xia²  Lin-lin Xing²  Tong-tong Fu²  Ling Fan³  Hui-ling Feng⁴ 

[1] Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China;Department of Nursing, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China;School of Nursing, China Medical University, Shenyang, China;School of Nursing, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China;

关键词: passive smoking;    health;    nurses;    CMI;    second-hand smoke;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.741083

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to investigate the association between passive smoking and physical and psychological health in Chinese nurses. Participants of this cross-sectional study comprised 2,484 non-smoking nurses. Passive smoking and demographic information were assessed using a self-administered questionnaire. Physical, psychological, and overall health status of nurses were measured using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI) health questionnaire. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for nurses' health were estimated by exposure to passive smoking using unconditional logistic regression models. A total of 1,219 nurses (49.07%) were exposed to passive smoking. Of these, 609 (24.52%), 160 (6.44%), and 587 (23.63%) nurses had poorer physical, mental, and overall health, respectively. After adjusting for other confounding factors, compared with the non-passive smoking group, passive smoking was associated with poor physical (OR = 1.51, 95% CI: 1.25–1.83), mental (OR = 1.48, 95% CI: 1.07–2.07), and overall (OR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.30–1.93) health of nurses, respectively. We also carried out subgroup analyses stratified by age, department, and professional title, which showed that most findings supported the main results. This study demonstrated that exposure to passive smoking was a risk factor for overall decreased physical and mental health status among Chinese nurses.

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