The influence on smoking and drinking status of officers and soldiers after health management / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the influence of smoking,drinking cognition and behavior among the officers and soldiers in South China War Zone after health management,and to explore the establishrent of appropriate health management model for the army.Methods Harmfulness cognition,rate,quantity,types of drinking and smoking were investigated and analyzed before and after health management among 1 102 officers and soldiers in South China War Zone by providing a set of health education,psychological counseling service,disease and lifestyle intervention of health management as a whole.Results The harmfulness cognition rate of smoking and drinking raised from 95.6％ and 94.1％ to 98.7％ and 97.8％,the smoking and drinking rate dropped from 64.7％ and 72.6％ to 37.2％ and 61.4％ after health management.The x2 values were 18,18.9,153,20.8,and had significant difference (P＜0.001).The rate of occasional smoking,a small amount of smoking,often smoking dropped from 28.3％,25.8％,45.9％ to 18.5％,12.2％,31.5％ as well as the rate of occasional drinking,a small amount of drinking,often drinking has dropped from 56.6％,32.3％,11.1％ to 49.8％,23.4％,4.1％.The x2 values were 26.8,62.1,31,9.61,8.06,19.4,and had significant difference (all P＜0.01).Conclusion The health management improves the harmfulness cognition of smoking and drinking,and decreases the rate and quantity of smoking and driking.It has a positive effect on improving the heahh literacy and developing health way of life in officers and soldiers.