Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of León, León, Spain.
Division of Nursing, University Hospital of León, León, Spain.
Int Nurs Rev. 2015 Sep;62(3):303-11. doi: 10.1111/inr.12177. Epub 2015 Feb 3.
As future health educators, nursing and physiotherapy students will play an essential role in the prevention of smoking.
To determine the prevalence of smoking among students and to analyse their knowledge of and attitudes towards smoking.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study using an anonymous questionnaire and conducted in a Spanish Faculty of Health Sciences in 2013.
247 nursing and physiotherapy students (82.33%) participated in the study. The global prevalence of smoking (18.2%) was lower compare with the general population group of the same age. We have observed statistical significance in relation to previous studies. Nursing and physiotherapy students showed a low nicotine dependence. We found a lack of knowledge about the harmful effects of cigarette consumption on health. Statistically significant results were also found in relation to degree courses (p < 0.01) as regards students' opinions about their knowledge of strategies and methods to help patients stop smoking.
Most students started smoking before commencing their university studies; consequently, interventions should focus on cessation programmes. An analysis of university curricula leading to the award of a degree in the health sciences could serve to identify educational deficiencies in order to implement the necessary modifications.
This paper presents an update in tobacco use characteristics amongst nursing and physiotherapy students. Those results have showed a need to improve the curricula in order to develop specific programmes to improve knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. Measures to prevent smoking must be taken at school.
作为未来的健康教育者，护理和理疗专业的学生将在预防吸烟方面发挥重要作用。
确定学生吸烟的流行率，并分析他们对吸烟的知识和态度。
这是一项描述性的横断面研究，使用匿名问卷，并于 2013 年在西班牙一所健康科学学院进行。
共有 247 名护理和理疗专业的学生（82.33%）参与了这项研究。全球吸烟率（18.2%）低于同年龄组的一般人群。与之前的研究相比，我们观察到了统计学上的显著差异。护理和理疗专业的学生尼古丁依赖程度较低。我们发现学生对吸烟对健康的有害影响的了解不足。在与学位课程有关的方面（p<0.01），学生对自己掌握帮助患者戒烟的策略和方法的知识的看法也存在统计学上的显著差异。
大多数学生在开始大学学习之前就开始吸烟；因此，干预措施应集中在戒烟计划上。对导致获得健康科学学位的大学课程进行分析，可以发现教育方面的不足，以便实施必要的修改。
本文介绍了护理和理疗专业学生在烟草使用方面的最新特征。这些结果表明，有必要改进课程，以制定具体方案来提高知识、态度和信念。必须在学校采取预防吸烟的措施。
