Jani Samir Ranjit, Brown Darryl, Berhane Zekarias, Peter Nadja, Solecki Susan, Turchi Renee
a Department of Anesthesia , Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
b Department of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2018 Jul;66(5):412-420. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1440586. Epub 2018 May 24.
This study's purpose was to describe urban college students' communication about hookah with health care providers.
Participants included a random sample of undergraduate urban college students and health care providers.
Students surveyed determined the epidemiology of hookah use in this population, how many health care providers asked about hookah, and how many students admitted hookah use to a physician.
Of 375 students surveyed, 78 (20.8%) had never tried it, 284 (75.7%) had smoked hookah at least once, and 64 students (22.6%) were classified as frequent hookah smokers. Only 15 (4.7%) reported a health care provider asking about hookah during visits, whereas 36 (12.7%) admitted their hookah use to a health care provider.
Hookah use was found to be highly prevalent among students in one urban university. This study supports the hypothesis that few health care providers broach the topic with patients. Additional research on health consequences of hookah use, education, and improved screening is warranted.
本研究旨在描述城市大学生与医疗服务提供者之间关于水烟的交流情况。
参与者包括城市本科大学生和医疗服务提供者的随机样本。
接受调查的学生确定了该人群中水烟使用的流行病学情况、有多少医疗服务提供者询问过水烟以及有多少学生向医生承认使用过水烟。
在接受调查的375名学生中，78人（20.8%）从未尝试过水烟，284人（75.7%）至少吸食过水烟一次，64名学生（22.6%）被归类为频繁水烟吸食者。只有15人（4.7%）报告称医疗服务提供者在就诊时询问过水烟，而36人（12.7%）向医疗服务提供者承认他们使用过水烟。
在一所城市大学的学生中，水烟使用非常普遍。本研究支持以下假设，即很少有医疗服务提供者与患者探讨这个话题。有必要对水烟使用的健康后果、教育和改进筛查进行更多研究。
