Smoking patterns among primary health care attendees, Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2003; 9 (5-6): 911-922
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ABSTRACT
Prevalence, sociodemographic patterns and medical co-morbidity of smoking among a cross-section of primary health care [PHC] clients in Saudi Arabia were examined. We used a 44-item semistructured questionnaire to collect data from 1752 patients at 25 randomly selected PHC centres. Percentage of smoking was 52.3%. Although 85% were adult smokers, 8.6% began smoking before age 12. Smokers gave overlapping reasons to smoke including peer pressure; non-smokers gave religious and health logics against smoking. Of all smokers, 92.8% wanted to learn cessation strategies, 11.8% were ignorant of hazards and 32.4% reported manifestations of nicotine withdrawal. Besides alcohol use [13.4%], 81.8% had co-morbid physical disease
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Assunto principal:
Grupo Associado
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Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Atitude Frente a Saúde
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Comorbidade
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Fatores de Risco
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Centros Comunitários de Saúde
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Medicina de Família e Comunidade
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Motivação
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Ano de publicação:
2003
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