Schneidrová Dagmar, Herotová Tereza Kopřivová, Šustková Magdaléna, Hynčica Viktor
Department of Child and Youth Health, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Department of Pharmacology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2016 Jun;24(2):144-51. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4472.
This study seeks to assess smoking habits, attitudes and intention to quit in students of the Third Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
A cross-sectional survey designed to obtain information on smoking history, current smoking status, cessation attempts, and attitudes towards smoking among health professionals was conducted in 452 students of the first and last years of a 6-year Master's Study Programme (General Medicine) and a 3-year Bachelor's Study Programme (Public Health). An anonymous questionnaire was administered during the classes in the course of academic years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
5.7% of the Master's Study Programme students (3.3% women and 9.0% men ) and 4.8% of the Bachelor's Study Programme students reported that they are regular smokers. The share of regular smokers was almost twice as big in students of the English Curriculum of the Master's Programme (10.7%) in comparison with the students of the Czech Curriculum (4.5%), and more than twice as big in students of the last years of both study programmes (3.9% in students of the 1st year and 10.8% in students of the 6th year of the Master's Programme; 3.2% in students of the 1st year and 7.0% in students of the 3rd year of the Bachelor's Study Programme). At the time of the research, 18.9% of students of the Master's Programme and 17.1% of students of the Bachelor's Programme were occasional smokers. 5.9% of students of the Master's Programme and 19.0% of students of the Bachelor's Programme reported that they quit smoking during their studies at the medical faculty; on the contrary, 9.8% of students of the Master's Programme and 14.3% of students of the Bachelor's Programme started smoking during that time.
Smoking in health professionals undermines their significant role in health promotion and prevention of chronic diseases in their patients. Therefore, education at the medical faculty should focus on motivation of future health professionals towards non-smoking except providing knowledge on current research and guidance on early identification and further intervention in smokers.
本研究旨在评估捷克共和国布拉格查理大学医学院三年级学生的吸烟习惯、态度及戒烟意愿。
对6年制医学硕士课程（普通医学）和3年制公共卫生学士课程的一年级和最后一年的452名学生进行了一项横断面调查，旨在获取健康专业人员的吸烟史、当前吸烟状况、戒烟尝试以及对吸烟的态度等信息。在2011 - 12学年和2012 - 13学年的课程期间发放了匿名问卷。
医学硕士课程的学生中有5.7%（女性为3.3%，男性为9.0%），公共卫生学士课程的学生中有4.8%表示他们是经常吸烟者。硕士课程英语课程的学生中经常吸烟者的比例（10.7%）几乎是捷克语课程学生（4.5%）的两倍，并且在两个课程最后一年的学生中经常吸烟者的比例超过两倍（医学硕士课程一年级学生中为3.9%，六年级学生中为10.8%；公共卫生学士课程一年级学生中为3.2%，三年级学生中为7.0%）。在研究时，医学硕士课程的学生中有18.9%是偶尔吸烟者，公共卫生学士课程的学生中有17.1%是偶尔吸烟者。医学硕士课程的学生中有5.9%，公共卫生学士课程的学生中有19.0%表示他们在医学院学习期间戒烟；相反，医学硕士课程的学生中有9.8%，公共卫生学士课程的学生中有14.3%在那段时间开始吸烟。
健康专业人员吸烟会削弱他们在促进患者健康和预防慢性病方面的重要作用。因此，医学院的教育应除了提供当前研究知识以及对吸烟者早期识别和进一步干预的指导外，还应侧重于激励未来的健康专业人员戒烟。
