ABSTRACT
Objective To survey on smoking related knowledge and intention of quitting among smoking patients with diabetes mellitus .Methods A questionnaire survey on smoking related knowledge and intention of quitting was conducted among 146 smoking patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ( T2DM) in Beijing Yangfangdian Community Health Service Center from September 2016 to October.The questionnaire included general information ( 6 items ) , smoking status ( 3 items ) , awareness of smoking hazards ( 11 items), smoking cessation (5 items).Of the 146 patients, 82 were face-to-face surveyed, and 64 were telephone surveyed.Among 141 respondents who completed the questionnaire , there were 135 males (95.7%) and 6 females (4.3%) aged 32-74 (58.9 ±7.9) years, 4 cases (2.8%) with primary school education,46 cases (32.6%) with junior high school,63 cases (44.7%) with secondary school or high school education , 28 cases (19.9%) with college degree or above .The duration of diabetes ranged from 1 to 35 years with an average of (7.7 ±5.9) years.There was 2 cases (1.4%) with 1-5 years of smoking , 2 cases (1.4%) with 6-10 years of smoking, 25 cases (17.8%) with 11-20 years of smoking, 112 cases (79.4%) with more than 20 years of smoking.Results 99.3% (140/141) of the participants knew that smoking could lead to chronic bronchitis and emphysema , 46.8% ( 66/141 ) thought that smoking could lead to diabetes, 51.1%(72/141) thought that smoking affected blood glucose control , 65.2%(92/141) knew that smoking increased the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases .The intention of quitting smoking was significantly correlated with the awareness of above knowledge in smoking diabetic patients.Conclusion The awareness rate of smoking causing diabetes , blood glucose control and diabetic chronic complications is relatively low .The awareness of smoking related knowledge can significantly facilitate patients to quit smoking .