Sukhabogi J R, Chandrashekar B R, Kumar G Satish, Harita N
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, JSS Medical Institutions Campus, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2019 Jul-Dec;28(2):203-210. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_54_18. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
Tobacco use has become an epidemic of modern times. Its use is widespread among young adults and those from lower socioeconomic classes.
The objective is to assess knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) and motivation to quit tobacco habits in relation to age and educational status among male tobacco users visiting a Government Dental College Hospital, India.
This was a questionnaire survey conducted among 199 male adult smokers visiting the Department of Public Health Dentistry in a Government Dental College in India. Quota sampling was used for recruiting the required number of study participants. Information on KAP related to smoking habits was collected using a predesigned structured questionnaire by two trained and calibrated dentists. Knowledge, attitude toward quitting and their self-confidence toward quitting was compared in relation to age and educational status using Chi-square test.
A higher percentage of younger adults aged 18-24 years were interested in quitting the habit (100%) compared to those aged 45-64 years (85.2%). Similarly, a higher percentage of young adults have tried quitting the habit (76.9%) compared to their older counterparts (64.8%) ( < 0.05). Knowledge on ill effects of smoking increased with increasing educational attainment ( < 0.001). People with higher educational attainment had observed the warning sign on packaging (73.7%) compared to those with less than primary education (25.9%) and they also reported that the presence of such warning sign motivated them to think about quitting (54.8% vs. 0%) ( < 0.001).
Knowledge, positive attitude toward quitting and self-confidence to quit were higher among younger adults and those with secondary education compared to their elder counterparts and those with less than primary education.
烟草使用已成为现代社会的一种流行病。其在年轻人和社会经济地位较低的人群中广泛存在。
评估印度一所政府牙科学院医院男性烟草使用者与年龄和教育状况相关的烟草知识、态度和行为（KAP）以及戒烟动机。
这是一项对印度一所政府牙科学院公共卫生牙科部门的199名成年男性吸烟者进行的问卷调查。采用配额抽样招募所需数量的研究参与者。由两名经过培训和校准的牙医使用预先设计的结构化问卷收集与吸烟习惯相关的KAP信息。使用卡方检验比较不同年龄和教育状况人群在烟草知识、戒烟态度及其对戒烟的自信心方面的差异。
与45 - 64岁的人群（85.2%）相比，18 - 24岁的年轻人中有更高比例（100%）对戒烟感兴趣。同样，与年龄较大的人群（64.8%）相比，年轻成年人中尝试戒烟的比例更高（76.9%）（P < 0.05）。随着教育程度的提高，对吸烟危害的知识有所增加（P < 0.001）。与小学以下文化程度的人（25.9%）相比，受过高等教育的人观察到包装上的警示标志的比例更高（73.7%），并且他们还报告说这些警示标志的存在促使他们考虑戒烟（分别为54.8%和0%）（P < 0.001）。
与年长者和小学以下文化程度的人相比，年轻人和受过中等教育的人在烟草知识、对戒烟的积极态度和戒烟自信心方面更高。
