Smoking among health staffs of BachMai hospital: status and predictors

ABSTRACT

Background: Smoking in health staffs is a essential issue to be concerned. In Europe, the rate of smoking in male and female doctors were 30 - 54% and 40%, respectively. Because of the high rate of smoking in health staffs, the prevention programs should focus on promoting interventions to reduce smoking rate in healthstaffs because they are people who cause negative effects to patients and community. Objectives: To investigate smoking patterns, compare knowledge, beliefs and attitudes and identify predictors of smoking status among health staffs in Bach Mai hospital. Subjects and method: This was a cross-sectional described epidemiological study by using the questionnaire of a global survey (modified accordance with Vietnam's conditions) on tobacco use among health staffs was adapted for data collection on a sample of 656. Data was analyzed by SPSS 10.0 software. Results and Conclusion: Overall smoking rate is fairly high (~21%), dominantly among males. Physicians and dentists display a greater smoking proportion than nurses, in among over \ufffd?30 \ufffd?year \ufffd?old cohort than among less \ufffd?30 \ufffd?year \ufffd?old cohort. One main predictor of smoking is belief of health staffs on their role as non \ufffd?smoking exemplary.