Al-Naggar Redhwan Ahmed, Saghir Fatma S A
Community Medicine Department, International Medical School, Management and Science University, Malaysia.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(11):3041-7.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of waterpipe (shisha) smoking and associated factors among Malaysian university students.
A total of 200 university students from Management and Science University participated in this study. The survey was conducted by simple random sampling by randomly distributing self-administered questionnaires to the library, cafeterias and classes. The protocol of this study was approved by the ethics committee of Management and Science University. Consent forms were obtained from the students before they answered the questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 13. with the Student's t-test for comparison of the mean practice and backward multiple linear regression for multivariate analysis.
The majority of the subjects were male, single, Malay and from urban areas (61.5%, 94.5%, 66%, 76.5%; respectively). In this study 30% of the study participants were shisha smokers. Regarding knowledge about shisha smoking, the majority (48.5%) mentioned that shisha is less harmful than cigarettes and 55% reported that shisha is less addictive. Univariate analysis showed that age, race, sex and income significantly influenced the practice of smoking shisha among university students (p=0.019, p=0.002, p=0.001, p=0.018; respectively). For multivariate analysis, income and gender demonstrated significant influence (both p=0.001).
There was a high prevalence of shisha smoking among Malaysian university students and knowledge about the dangers is low. Income and gender significantly influenced the practice of smoking shisha in our population. Banning of smoking including shisha smoking in public places is strongly recommended.
本研究的目的是确定马来西亚大学生中水烟吸食的流行率及相关因素。
共有200名来自管理与科学大学的大学生参与了本研究。通过简单随机抽样进行调查，将自填式问卷随机分发给图书馆、食堂和班级。本研究方案经管理与科学大学伦理委员会批准。在学生回答问卷之前获取了他们的同意书。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）版本13进行统计分析，采用学生t检验比较平均实践情况，并采用向后多元线性回归进行多变量分析。
大多数受试者为男性、单身、马来族且来自城市地区（分别为61.5%、94.5%、66%、76.5%）。在本研究中，30%的研究参与者是水烟吸食者。关于水烟吸食的知识，大多数（48.5%）提到水烟比香烟危害小，55%报告称水烟成瘾性较低。单变量分析显示，年龄、种族、性别和收入对大学生水烟吸食行为有显著影响（p值分别为0.019、0.002、0.001、0.018）。对于多变量分析，收入和性别显示出显著影响（p值均为0.001）。
马来西亚大学生中水烟吸食的流行率较高，且对其危害的认知较低。收入和性别对我们研究人群中的水烟吸食行为有显著影响。强烈建议在公共场所禁止包括水烟吸食在内的吸烟行为。
