Smoking behavior among nurses in rural Greece.
Evidence suggests that rural health care providers may be at increased risk for tobacco addiction. Few researchers have studied the habitual use of tobacco in rural Greece and no published studies have examined sustained tobacco use by nurses working in these areas or their knowledge and attitudes toward smoking cessation. To explore the above, the authors conducted a questionnaire-based study in 40 health centers in rural mainland and island Greece. Two hundred twenty nurses were surveyed (65% response rate). Thirty-two percent of the nurse respondents were smokers, 54% were non-smokers, and 14% were former smokers. Only 8% of respondents had been trained to assist clients with smoking cessation.
Eleni
E
Stamatopoulou
Konstantinos
K
Stamatiou
Stefania
S
Voulioti
George
G
Christopoulos
Eleni
E
Pantza
Athanasia
A
Stamatopoulou
Dimitris
D
Giannopoulos
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult