Nishio Nobuhiro, Kouda Katsuyasu, Nishio Junko, Nakamura Harunobu, Sonoda Yoshiaki, Takeshita Tatsuya
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan.
Ind Health. 2009 Aug;47(4):431-5. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.47.431.
We examined smoking prevalence among dentists in Hyogo, Japan, as smoking would influence their smoking cessation interventions to encourage their patients to stop smoking. In 2003, a self-administered questionnaire was mailed to all members of the Hyogo Dental Association (HDA) in Japan. Of the 1,133 members of the HDA, 327 were current smokers (28.9%). Smoking prevalence among HDA members was significantly higher than that among Japan Medical Association (JMA) members in 2004, as previously reported (16.2%) (p<0.01). Although smoking prevalence among HDA members decreased overall in 2003 in comparison with 2000, smoking prevalence among dentists aged 20-39 yr increased. These findings indicate that smoking was more prevalent among dentists in Hyogo Prefecture than among Japanese medical doctors. It is important to promote smoking cessation among Japanese dentists so that dentists will be more likely to encourage their patients to quit smoking.
我们调查了日本兵库县牙医的吸烟率，因为吸烟会影响他们为鼓励患者戒烟而开展的戒烟干预措施。2003年，一份自填式问卷被邮寄给了日本兵库县牙科协会（HDA）的所有成员。在HDA的1133名成员中，有327名是当前吸烟者（28.9%）。如先前报道，2004年HDA成员的吸烟率显著高于日本医学协会（JMA）成员（16.2%）（p<0.01）。尽管与2000年相比，2003年HDA成员的吸烟率总体有所下降，但20至39岁牙医的吸烟率却有所上升。这些发现表明，兵库县牙医的吸烟率高于日本医生。促进日本牙医戒烟很重要，这样牙医就更有可能鼓励他们的患者戒烟。
