Alraeesi Fatima H, Farzin Farnoosh J, Abdouli Khuloud A, Sherif FatmaElzahraa Y, Almarzooqi Khawla A, AlAbdool Noorah H
Family Medicine Resident at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Emergency Medicine Resident at Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Jan 28;9(1):315-320. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_805_19. eCollection 2020 Jan.
Tobacco smoking is one of the largest and highly preventable public health threats worldwide. In the United Arab Emirates, around 15.7% adult males and 2.4% adult females are current tobacco smokers. Primary healthcare clinics (PHCs) have an important role in battling the smoking epidemic by raising awareness among patients attending them daily. The aim of our study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding smoking among patients attending PHCs.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on patients attending primary healthcare clinics in Dubai. Data was collected using a pretested self-administered questionnaire developed by the researchers and was adopted from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey.
Among a total of 500 patients, around 66.4% were never smokers, 23.6% were current smokers, and 10.0% were ex-smokers. The age of first time smoking among current smokers was the highest between 18 and 19 years, with friends being the source of first attempt of smoking (53.4%). Around 53.4% of the current smokers had poor knowledge, while most of never and ex-smokers had a good knowledge level (47.9%, 70.0%), respectively ( value for both <0.05). Majority (71.2%) of current smokers had negative attitude toward anti-smoking statements, while never and ex-smokers had a positive attitude (54.5% and 58.0%), respectively ( value <0.05).
The majority of never and ex-smokers had good knowledge level and positive attitude toward anti-smoking statements; however, poor knowledge level and negative attitude was found more among current smokers.
吸烟是全球最大且极易预防的公共卫生威胁之一。在阿拉伯联合酋长国，约15.7%的成年男性和2.4%的成年女性为当前吸烟者。基层医疗诊所（PHCs）在抗击吸烟流行方面发挥着重要作用，通过提高每天前来就诊患者的认识来实现。我们研究的目的是评估基层医疗诊所患者对吸烟的知识、态度和行为。
对迪拜基层医疗诊所的患者进行了一项横断面描述性研究。数据通过研究人员编制并经预测试的自填式问卷收集，该问卷改编自全球成人烟草调查。
在总共500名患者中，约66.4%为从不吸烟者，23.6%为当前吸烟者，10.0%为既往吸烟者。当前吸烟者首次吸烟的年龄在18至19岁之间最高，朋友是首次尝试吸烟的来源（53.4%）。约53.4%的当前吸烟者知识水平较差，而大多数从不吸烟者和既往吸烟者知识水平良好（分别为47.9%、70.0%）（两者 值均<0.05）。大多数（71.2%）当前吸烟者对反吸烟声明持消极态度，而从不吸烟者和既往吸烟者持积极态度（分别为54.5%和58.0%）（ 值<0.05）。
大多数从不吸烟者和既往吸烟者知识水平良好，对反吸烟声明持积极态度；然而，当前吸烟者中知识水平较差和态度消极的情况更为常见。
