title: Self-perceived factors associated with smoking cessation among primary health care nurses: a qualitative study.
abstract: The aim of this work was to characterize the views of nurses about factors modulating smoking cessation. Results of this study will allow us to design helping interventions with the maximum specificity for nurses. A qualitative study through a semi-structured interview of 15 Primary Health Care nurses who were smokers was performed. In contrast with other studies in which nurses were not aware of any particular social pressure to give up smoking, 18 months after the application of the Anti-Smoking Spanish Law, this feeling was expressed. Therefore, the main reasons for giving up smoking include that smoking in public is every day worse seen, together with a sense of shame and guilt in front of their social and family environment, especially for being a professional group dedicated to health.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain. miquel.bennasar@uib.es
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bennasar Veny
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pericas Beltrán
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: González Torrente
authors.forename: Priscila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Segui González
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguiló Pons
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tauler Riera
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D011320:Primary Health Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012649:Self Concept; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*