[Smoking prevalence among university hospital staff].
Addiction to smoking was assessed in staff of Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital based on the results of an anonymous questionnaire. A total of 3090 valid questionnaires were collected (56.5% of whole sample). Prevalence of smokers was 13.3% (37.6% men and 9.7% women), former smokers - 6.0% (16.0% men and 3.7% women) and non-smokers - 80.7% (46.4% men and 86.6% women). The 30-39 year old age men and 18-39 year old women groups present the highest prevalence of smoking (48.8% and 14.9%, accordingly). The highest prevalence of tobacco smoke was found among auxiliary personnel men and women (44.9% and 11.3%, accordingly) and the lowest - among doctors (36.4% and 7.6%, accordingly). The received data enable to evaluate smoking prevalence among University Hospital staff and allow smoking control policy measures.
Malakauskas
Kestutis
K
Laboratory of Pulmonology, Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania. kestutis.malakauskas@kmu.lt
Veryga
Aurelijus
A
Sakalauskas
Raimundas
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008511:Medicine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010820:Physicians; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
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