Smoking Status and Smoking Cessation Activity among Physicians in a Community.
- Author:
So Yeon RYU
1
;
Ki Soon KIM
;
Myung Gun KANG
;
Hyung Cheol PARK
;
Jin Sun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju Dong-Gu Health Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Smoking;
Smoking cessation;
Physicians
- MeSH:
Counseling;
Curriculum;
Education;
Education, Continuing;
Health Facilities;
Humans;
Male;
Methods;
Smoke*;
Smoking Cessation*;
Smoking*
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
2003;36(3):271-278
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to assess the smoking status, knowledge and attitude related to smoking and smoking cessation activity of the physicians in a community, and to identify their predictors of smoking cessation activity. METHOD: All physicians employed by various health facilities in a community were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. Of the physicians surveyed, 523 (69.6%) returned completed questionnaires. RESULTS: The smoking rate of physicians was 29.3% (34.2% in males, 3.6% in females) and the knowledge and attitude scores to smoking were 22.5+/-2.4 and 65.4+/-6.9, respectively. The self-efficacy score was 3.4+/-1.0 and the smoking cessation activity score was 65.4+/-6.9. The smoking cessation activity was statistically significant with working place, specialty, knowledge and attitude to smoking and self-efficacy. In stepwise multiple regression, smoking cessation activity was predicted by doctors' working place, specialty, attitudes related to smoking issues, and self-efficacy of counseling knowledge and skills. CONCLUSION: Physicians need to participate routinely and actively in smoking cessation activity. For doctors to effectively counsel and intervene in patients regarding smoking cessation, it is essential to integrate education on smoking cessation intervention into curricula in formal education and to offer continuing education including smoking cessation intervention.
