Mandil A M, Bahnassy A A, Aboul-Azm S M, Bashawri L A
Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 1999 Jul;6(2):51-8.
To study the reported practices of knowledge about and attitude towards smoking among nursing and medical laboratory technology (MLT) students, College of Medicine, King Faisal University at Dammam and Al-Khobar.
College of Medicine, Dammam and King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
A cross-sectional approach involving a sample of 266 students and interns (152 nursing and 114 MLT), which included all enrolled students in the academic year (1998/1999). A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data covering knowledge, practice and attitude to smoking. SPSS was used for statistical analysis.
The overall smoking prevalence was low (5.6%), slightly higher among nursing (6.6%) versus MLT (4.4%) students. Knowledge of and attitude towards smoking was generally satisfactory in both groups, although deficient in some key areas, such as the addictive nature of smoking, some of its consequences on health, and difficulty of quitting.
The prevalence of smoking among nursing and MLT students is generally low but their knowledge and attitude need improvement. Health education on facts, dangers and consequences of smoking should start as early as the primary school, and should continue throughout the education of future health professionals (role models for the community).
研究达曼和胡拜尔法赫德国王大学医学院护理专业与医学检验技术（MLT）专业学生对吸烟的认知情况及态度。
沙特阿拉伯达曼医学院及胡拜尔该大学的法赫德国王医院
采用横断面研究方法，选取266名学生和实习生（152名护理专业学生和114名医学检验技术专业学生）作为样本，样本涵盖了1998/1999学年所有注册入学的学生。通过自行填写问卷收集有关吸烟的知识、行为和态度的数据。使用SPSS进行统计分析。
总体吸烟率较低（5.6%），护理专业学生（6.6%）的吸烟率略高于医学检验技术专业学生（4.4%）。两组学生对吸烟的认知和态度总体上令人满意，但在一些关键领域存在不足，如吸烟的成瘾性、对健康的一些影响以及戒烟的难度。
护理专业和医学检验技术专业学生的吸烟率总体较低，但他们的知识和态度需要改进。关于吸烟的事实、危害和后果的健康教育应早在小学阶段就开始，并应贯穿未来卫生专业人员（社区榜样）的整个教育过程。
