尼日利亚拉各斯伊迪-阿拉巴市拉各斯大学及拉各斯大学教学医院（LUTH）的医学生中的吸烟情况。

Aina B A, Oyerinde O O, Joda A E, Dada O O

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Idi Araba Campus, Lagos, Nigeria.

Nig Q J Hosp Med. 2009 Jan-Mar;19(1):42-6. doi: 10.4314/nqjhm.v19i1.50207.

BACKGROUND

It is a known fact that health professionals can play a critical role in reducing tobacco use. In fact, it has been shown that even brief and simple advice from health care professionals can substantially increase smoking cessation rates. Students in healthcare professions are future healthcare professionals, identifying and documenting their knowledge, attitudes and practices with regards to tobacco smoking would shed light as to their future effectiveness in providing this much needed public health initiative in their practices.

OBJECTIVE

This research was carried out to determine cigarette smoking habit among healthcare professional students of University of Lagos and Nursing students of Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

METHODS

The study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey. Data was collected by the use of a structured, self administered questionnaire which was aimed at determining their smoking status and their attitudes. The target population was first and final professional year students representing the two class extremes and attempt was made to survey all the students that fell within this identified target population without randomization. Data was collected between March and June 2007.

RESULTS

Out of 814 qualified participants, 433 responded to the questionnaire (53%). Smoking prevalence was highest among dental students (8.48%) while both Physiotherapy and Nursing students had nil prevalence rates. Overall, the current smoking prevalence was 3.93%. There was no statistically significant difference between the smoking habits of first year and final year students (p = 0.99). Based on Fagerstrom nicotine addiction test, only a small proportion of the current smokers can be classified as being maximally addicted (6.0%).

CONCLUSIONS

From this study it can be concluded that smoking prevalence is low among healthcare professional students at the University of Lagos and this is a good indication that they would play critical role in reducing tobacco use. It is recommended that a tobacco counselling unit should be set up by the school authority.

背景

众所周知，卫生专业人员在减少烟草使用方面可发挥关键作用。事实上，研究表明，即使是医护人员给出的简短而简单的建议也能大幅提高戒烟率。医疗行业的学生是未来的医护人员，了解并记录他们对吸烟的知识、态度和行为，将有助于了解他们未来在提供这项急需的公共卫生举措时的成效。

目的

本研究旨在确定拉各斯大学医疗专业学生和拉各斯大学教学医院护理专业学生的吸烟习惯。

方法

该研究为横断面描述性调查。通过使用一份结构化的自填问卷收集数据，该问卷旨在确定他们的吸烟状况和态度。目标人群是代表两个极端班级的一年级和最后一年级专业学生，并尝试对所有属于该确定目标人群的学生进行调查，未进行随机抽样。数据于2007年3月至6月收集。

结果

在814名合格参与者中，433人回复了问卷（53%）。牙科专业学生的吸烟率最高（8.48%），而物理治疗专业和护理专业学生的吸烟率为零。总体而言，当前吸烟率为3.93%。一年级和最后一年级学生的吸烟习惯之间没有统计学上的显著差异（p = 0.99）。根据法格斯特罗姆尼古丁成瘾测试，只有一小部分当前吸烟者可被归类为极度成瘾（6.0%）。