Vagropoulos I, Tsilchorozidou T, Tsinopoulos G, Salonikidou Z, Mouratova M, Giavropoulou M, Grigoriadis N
First Department of Internal Medicine, Serres General Hospital, Serres, Greece.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2006 Sep;65(3):160-4. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.562.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the smoking habits of all staff working in a General Hospital, and to examine whether these habits comply with the introduction of a tobacco law in July 2002, where smoking in enclosed public areas, including hospital buildings, has been forbidden in Greece.
All hospital staff in Serres General Hospital was asked to complete and return a questionnaire about their smoking habits. The questionnaire was voluntary and anonymous. The survey was conducted from October 2003 to January 2004.
Six hundred and twenty three (74%) of the 847 members of staff responded; 310 (50%) were current smokers and 313 (50%) were non-smokers of whom 101 (32%) were ex-smokers. The prevalence of current smokers was the highest among nurses (57%) and the lowest among doctors (31%). Male smokers (42%) were outnumbered by female smokers (54%) in all age groups up to the age of 60 years (p<0,01), although the reverse is the trend in Greek population (47% and 29%, respectively). The highest rate of smokers was found at the age group of 31-40 years (60%), while these above sixty years had the smallest (29%). Seventy percent of current smokers had at least one family member who was current smoker vs 49% of non-smokers (p<0,001). The vast majority of smokers (94%) continued to smoke in hospital, of whom 62% smoke more than 5 cigarettes while at work.
The high rate of smokers among the health professionals compared to those in the general population would probably have a negative influence on the development, implementation and inspection of workplace smoking bans in Greece. Increased efforts to promote tobacco education and intervention among doctors and nurses and to establish specialist smoking cessation services throughout the National Health Service should be the standard component of antismoking policy for the law to be effective.
本研究旨在评估一家综合医院全体员工的吸烟习惯，并调查这些习惯是否符合2002年7月希腊实施的一项烟草法，该法律禁止在包括医院建筑在内的封闭公共场所吸烟。
塞雷斯综合医院的所有员工都被要求填写并返还一份关于他们吸烟习惯的问卷。该问卷是自愿且匿名的。调查于2003年10月至2004年1月进行。
847名员工中有623人（74%）回复；310人（50%）为当前吸烟者，313人（50%）为非吸烟者，其中101人（32%）为曾经吸烟者。当前吸烟者的患病率在护士中最高（57%），在医生中最低（31%）。在60岁及以下的所有年龄组中，女性吸烟者（54%）的人数超过男性吸烟者（42%）（p<0.01），尽管希腊总人口的趋势相反（分别为47%和29%）。吸烟者比例最高的年龄组为31 - 40岁（60%），而60岁以上的年龄组比例最小（29%）。70%的当前吸烟者至少有一名家庭成员是当前吸烟者，而非吸烟者这一比例为49%（p<0.001）。绝大多数吸烟者（94%）在医院继续吸烟，其中62%的人在工作时每天吸烟超过5支。
与普通人群相比，卫生专业人员中吸烟者的高比例可能会对希腊工作场所吸烟禁令的制定、实施和监督产生负面影响。加大力度在医生和护士中促进烟草教育和干预，并在整个国家卫生服务体系中建立专业的戒烟服务，应该是使该法律有效的反吸烟政策的标准组成部分。
