Risk factors of smoking among health care professionals

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• Personal Author:
  Arif AA ; Portwood SG ; Shahbazi S ; Thompson ME
• Description:
  Background: Health care professionals (HCPs) play a vital role at various levels of smoking cessation programs to reduce tobacco use in general populations. However, their smoking habits may limit their ability to intervene with their patients who smoke. Aims: To determine prevalence rates of current smoking and examine sociodemographic and work-related factors associated with current smoking among HCPs. Methods: A statewide survey was conducted in a representative sample of 4 groups of HCPs, physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and occupational therapists, with active licenses in Texas in 2003. Weighted prevalence estimates of current smoking rates were computed. Survey logistic regression analysis was used to investigate associations between individual characteristics and current smoking. Results: There were 3600 HCPs included in the analysis. The overall prevalence of current smoking was 9% with the highest prevalence (16%) recorded among respiratory therapists and the lowest prevalence (3%) recorded among physicians. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis non-Hispanic white HCPs were almost 4 times as likely to be current smokers (adjusted odds ratio= 3.95, 95% confidence interval = 1.24-12.59) and those working for 50 hours or more per week were twice as likely to be current smokers (adjusted odds ratio = 2.07, 95% CI = 1.20-3.57). Compared with physicians, all other HCP groups had significantly greater odds of currently smoking. HCPs who were female and resided or worked in rural settings had higher smoking rates in univariable analysis only (P < .05). Conclusions: Smoking is prevalent among certain HCP groups. Working long hours was identified as an important occupational factor associated with current smoking. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Demography Health Personnel Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smoke Smokers Tobacco Products Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Author Keywords: Health Care Professionals Demographic-characteristics Exposure-levels Health-care-personnel Humans Medical-personnel Nurses Physicians Risk-factors Smoking Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Tobacco Tobacco-smoke Work-environment Working Hours

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• ISSN:
  2150-1319
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  228-233
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046224
• Citation:
  J Prim Care Community Health 2014 Oct; 5(4):228-233
• Contact Point Address:
  Ahmed A. Arif, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, CHHS 429, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223
• Email:
  aarif@uncc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Primary Care and Community Health
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201339/cdc_201339_DS1.pdf
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