The frequency of smoking, quitting and socio-demographic characteristics of physicians of a medical faculty

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dc.contributor.authorMarakoglu, K.
dc.contributor.authorKutlu, R.
dc.contributor.authorSahsivar, S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:04:34Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:04:34Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of smoking among physicians and to describe their socio-demographic characteristics. Subjects and Methods: All professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers and research assistants working for the Faculty of Medicine of Meram, University of Selcuk were included in the study. Of the 500 subjects, 363 (72.6%) completed the anonymous questionnaire of the survey satisfactorily. The smoking status, age at smoking initiation, daily cigarette consumption and association between current smoking and socio-demographic variables, family characteristics and body mass index were examined The SPSS software was used to tabulate the data. The chi-square test was used for statistical analysis. Results: The mean age was 34.2 +/- 9.1 years. The rate of ever-smokers was 28.7% (n = 104). The rates of smoking in females and males were 13.4% (n = 15) and 35.6% (n = 89), respectively (P = 0.000). The rate of ex-smokers was 9.9% (n = 36). The rate of never-smokers was 61.4% (n = 223). The mean age at starting smoking was 21.7 +/- 4.9 years. The quit ratio was 25.7% (36/140) [23.3% (27/116) for men and 37.5% (9124) for women]. Fagerstrom score was averaged 2.8 +/- 2.7 among all smokers. The rate of smoking in the families (p = 0.003) and among close friends (p = 0.000) of the smoker-group was higher than in non-smokers. Conclusion: In Turkey, prevalence of tobacco smoking is high among physicians though lower than the general community. This may compromise their role in tobacco control unless they quit smoking.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage164en_US
dc.identifier.issn0043-3144en_US
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid17087099en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage160en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/20730
dc.identifier.volume55en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000241071900006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUNIV WEST INDIES FACULTY MEDICAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.relation.ispartofWEST INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNALen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.titleThe frequency of smoking, quitting and socio-demographic characteristics of physicians of a medical facultyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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