Tamí-Maury Irene, Garcia Hector, Onigbogi Modupe, Ismael Julia, Manrique Javier, Vazquez Vinicius, Rojas Carlos, Suchil Laura
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston HoustonTexas United States of America The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Cancer Institute Las Americas Auna Medellín Colombia Cancer Institute Las Americas Auna, Medellín, Colombia.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022 Sep 26;46:e121. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2022.121. eCollection 2022.
To assess the characteristics, self-reported tobacco use, knowledge, and perceptions about smoking cessation among cancer care providers (CCPs), as well as perceived barriers to inform interventions that can potentially improve quitting rates and the prognosis of cancer patients in Latin America.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 996 CCPs in six cancer institutions located in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. An online survey consisting of 28 close-ended questions adapted from the 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer survey and the Global Adult Tobacco Survey was administered.
The majority of CCPs, ranging from 86.1% in Mexico to 95.9% in Brazil, agreed or strongly agreed that smoking cessation should be integrated into cancer treatment. However, inadequate training on smoking cessation was reported by 66.9%, 69.4%, 70.4%, 72.9%, 85.8%, and 86.4% in Mexico, Colombia (Floridablanca), Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and Colombia (Medellín), respectively, and this difference was statistically significant ( < 0.001). Moreover, current cigarette smoking prevalence among CCPs was 2.5% in Brazil, 4.6% in Peru, 6.3% in Colombia (Floridablanca), 10.4% in Colombia (Medellín), 11.5% in Mexico, and 15.1% in Argentina, showing a statistically significant difference ( < 0.001).
Efforts in Latin America should be geared toward assisting CCPs with their quitting efforts and training in smoking cessation practices aimed at achieving a better prognosis and improving cancer patients' quality of life.
评估癌症护理提供者（CCP）的特征、自我报告的烟草使用情况、知识以及对戒烟的看法，以及感知到的障碍，以为可能提高拉丁美洲癌症患者戒烟率和预后的干预措施提供信息。
对位于阿根廷、巴西、哥伦比亚、墨西哥和秘鲁的六个癌症机构的996名CCP进行了一项横断面研究。采用了一项在线调查，该调查由28个封闭式问题组成，这些问题改编自2012年国际肺癌研究协会调查和全球成人烟草调查。
大多数CCP，从墨西哥的86.1%到巴西的95.9%，同意或强烈同意应将戒烟纳入癌症治疗。然而，墨西哥、哥伦比亚（弗洛里达布兰卡）、阿根廷、秘鲁、巴西和哥伦比亚（麦德林）分别有66.9%、69.4%、70.4%、72.9%、85.8%和86.4%的CCP报告称戒烟培训不足，且这种差异具有统计学意义（<0.001）。此外，CCP中当前吸烟率在巴西为2.5%，在秘鲁为4.6%，在哥伦比亚（弗洛里达布兰卡）为6.3%，在哥伦比亚（麦德林）为10.4%，在墨西哥为11.5%，在阿根廷为15.1%，显示出统计学显著差异（<0.001）。
拉丁美洲应努力协助CCP进行戒烟努力，并开展戒烟实践培训，以实现更好的预后并改善癌症患者的生活质量。
