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Impact of a Comprehensive Anti-Smoking Program at a Regional University Hospital and Predictive Variables of Being a Smoker among Hospital Workers.

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2020-11-12

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Ranchal-Sanchez, Antonio
Romero-Rodriguez, Esperanza
Jurado-Castro, Jose Manuel
Ruiz-Gandara, Africa
Vaquero-Abellan, Manuel

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a comprehensive anti-smoking health program conducted over twelve years at a regional university hospital in southern Spain. Prevalence of tobacco was compared retrospectively using data collected during occupational health assessments (n = 4291). Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were carried out to evaluate tobacco consumption differences according to age, sex, professional category, and workplace building. The results show a reduction in the active smoking rate among hospital staff evaluated (from 22.8% to 19.8%) with significant differences between non-health and health workers. Accumulated smoking consumption fell to 13.45 ± 14.60 packs/year with men presenting a higher consumption (p< 0.001). The predictive variables of tobacco use were sex (greater consumption among men, p = 0.021), number of cigarettes (greater consumption among professionals who smoked less than 1 pack/day, p < 0.001), and time smoking (greater use among professionals with more than 10 years smoking, p < 0.001). There was a higher rate of staff smokers at the hospital building with a majority of mental health inpatients. This study provides a practical example of making the optimum use of digital medical records in the evaluation of a comprehensive anti-smoking health program.

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Humans
Personnel, hospital
Retrospective studies
Smokers
Spain
Surveys and questionnaires

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Encuestas y cuestionarios
España
Estudios retrospectivos
Fumadores
Humanos
Personal de hospital

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Adult smokers, Evaluation studies, Smoking cessation, Tobacco use prevention, Youth and young adults

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Ranchal-Sánchez A, Romero-Rodríguez E, Jurado-Castro JM, Ruiz-Gandara Á, Vaquero-Abellán M. Impact of a Comprehensive Anti-Smoking Program at a Regional University Hospital and Predictive Variables of Being a Smoker among Hospital Workers. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 14;17(22):8432