[Evolution in consumption of and attitude towards tobacco towards physicians at the regional hospital "Reina Sofía," Córdoba].
OBJECTIVE
to study the evolution of the smoking prevalence and the personal attitudes about smoking among doctors of a university hospital.


METHODS
cross-sectional study. A survey. Study population was all physicians working in "Reina Sofía" University Hospital of Cordoba (N=738). By systematic sampling we select a random sample of 250 especialist physicians. We designed a self-administered questionnaire with items measuring the prevalence of smoking, the brand they used, the degree of smoking dependence, and their opinion about the new anti-smoking law. We also study the measures for smoking cessation that doctors considered most useful. We compared our data with other similar study carried out in 1987.


RESULTS
the prevalence of tobacco use was 42% (CI:95%: 35.5-48.9), below the figure we obtained in 1987 (56.3%; p < 0.001). Doctors between 36-45 years had the highest rates of tobacco consumption (p < 0.01). 86.9% of smokers thought that smoking was unhealthy and among these 83.3% accepted the risk derived of smoking. 86.7% of smokers used to smoke inside the hospital. 86.8% of doctors thought that the new public places restrictive smoking law must be implemented. Doctors smoke more often (68.5%) when they are on call and 26.4% of them recognize to smoke when they inform the patient's family.


CONCLUSIONS
we highlight a reduction of the prevalence of smoking among this kind of physicians. We still consider important the high number of physicians which smoke inside the hospital, although this figure have significantly decreased.
Mengual Luque
P
P
Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Córdoba, Hospital Regional Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba.
Pérula de Torres
L A
LA
Redondo Sánchez
J
J
Roldán Villalobos
A
A
Prada Vigil
A
A
Martínez de la Iglesia
J
J
Ruiz Moral
R
R
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*
Evolución del consumo y actitud ante el tabaco de los médicos del hospital regional "Reina Sofía, Córdoba.