Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakakah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Al Rass, Saudi Arabia.
Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Feb 12;38:158. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.158.27825. eCollection 2021.
prevalence of smoking in school children is alarming in Saudi Arabia and little is well-known about the aspects stimulating such behaviours in secondary school children. The aim of this study was to assess the association between influence of parent/sibling/peer smoking and future intentions to initiate smoke among 13-15 years old school children in Al Ras town, Saudi Arabia.
a cross sectional survey was conducted in Al Ras city during first quarter of 2019. Data was collected from 492 secondary school children who were selected through multistage stratified cluster sampling. Pretested, self-administered Arabic questionnaire was used to collect data about socio-demographic and prevalence of current smoking behaviours and associated factors. Descriptive statistics was done initially, following by binomial regression to assess the predictors of current smoking and future smoking intentions.
the overall prevalence of smoking in respondents was 22.7% and statistically significant difference in smoking prevalence's between boys and girls was observed (40% vs 5.6%). Among the predictors of current smoking, smoking habits in siblings and getting pocket money over 200 Saudi riyals are found to be significant. Siblings smoking (odds ratio: 6.4) and poor academic performance (odds ratio: 3.2) were the two most important factors influencing children's intentions of smoking.
smoking prevalence in secondary school children of Al Ras was similar to national data. Since, influence of siblings, getting more pocket money and poor academic performance were found to important predictors of children smoking behaviours and attitudes, health education programs should address these factors to be effective.
在沙特阿拉伯，儿童吸烟的流行率令人震惊，而对于刺激中学生吸烟行为的方面，我们知之甚少。本研究旨在评估在沙特阿拉伯拉斯市，父母/兄弟姐妹/同伴吸烟的影响与 13-15 岁中学生未来吸烟意向之间的关联。
2019 年第一季度在拉斯市进行了横断面调查。通过多阶段分层聚类抽样，从 492 名中学生中收集数据。使用经过预测试的自我管理的阿拉伯语问卷收集有关社会人口统计学和当前吸烟行为及相关因素的流行率的数据。最初进行描述性统计，然后进行二项回归分析，以评估当前吸烟和未来吸烟意向的预测因素。
受访者的总体吸烟率为 22.7%，男孩和女孩之间的吸烟率存在统计学显著差异（40%对 5.6%）。在当前吸烟的预测因素中，发现兄弟姐妹的吸烟习惯和获得超过 200 沙特里亚尔的零花钱是重要的预测因素。兄弟姐妹吸烟（优势比：6.4）和学业成绩不佳（优势比：3.2）是影响儿童吸烟意向的两个最重要因素。
拉斯市中学生的吸烟流行率与全国数据相似。由于兄弟姐妹的影响、获得更多零花钱和学业成绩不佳是儿童吸烟行为和态度的重要预测因素，因此健康教育计划应针对这些因素以提高其效果。
