Predictors of transition in smoking stages in Iranian adolescents: latent transition analysis
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2014; 20 (5): 330-339
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-159226
ABSTRACT
This study determined the prevalence of smoking stages in adolescents, the probability of transition across stages and the personal and environmental predictors of transition. A school-based study was conducted in 2010-11 using a random sample of 5197 students [mean age 15.7 years] in Tabriz city. The students were evaluated twice, 12-months apart. The latent transition analysis model revealed 9 interpretable statuses for the measurement of smoking stages. Prevalence data showed that at the first and second assessments 75.1% and 66.8% of students respectively were in the committer stage, while 4.8% and 7.1% respectively were daily smokers. Over 12 months, 10.1% of the never smokers became experimenters and 1.7% became regular smokers, while 17.0% of experimenters became regular smokers. The analysis also showed factors associated with transitions in cigarette smoking stages. Although the prevalence of smoking was low in our adolescents, the rate of becoming a smoker over 1 year was high
Search on Google
Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Schools
/
Students
/
Prevalence
/
Surveys and Questionnaires
/
Adolescent
/
Health Transition
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2014
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS