Smith Derek R, Leggat Peter A
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki, Japan.
Nurs Health Sci. 2007 Jun;9(2):82-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00306.x.
This study was undertaken as a complete cross-sectional survey of tobacco smoking habits among 270 undergraduate students at an Australian nursing school (response rate: 84.6%). An anonymous, self-reporting questionnaire survey was used to gather the data. The overall prevalence of current smoking was 15.9%, with a further 8.5% being ex-smokers. The nursing students consumed an average of 11.5 cigarettes per day, they began smoking at 20.8 years of age, and had an average smoking duration of 7.2 years. The students who had previously worked as a nurse were twice as likely to be current smokers. This study suggests that although tobacco smoking remains fairly common among Australian nursing students, its prevalence and distribution vary according to the individual demographics of the group under study. Future researchers will need to consider the changing demographic base from which the new generation of nursing students are drawn.
本研究对澳大利亚一所护理学院的270名本科生的吸烟习惯进行了全面的横断面调查（回复率：84.6%）。采用匿名自填式问卷调查收集数据。当前吸烟者的总体患病率为15.9%，另有8.5%为既往吸烟者。护理专业学生平均每天吸食11.5支香烟，他们在20.8岁开始吸烟，平均吸烟时长为7.2年。以前曾担任护士的学生成为当前吸烟者的可能性是其他人的两倍。这项研究表明，尽管吸烟在澳大利亚护理专业学生中仍然相当普遍，但其患病率和分布因所研究群体的个体人口统计学特征而异。未来的研究人员需要考虑新一代护理专业学生来源的不断变化的人口统计学基础。
