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  • Title: Tobacco use amongst nursing and physiotherapy students: a cross sectional questionnaire survey.
    Author: Fernández García D, Martín Sánchez V, Vázquez Casares AM, Liébana Presa C, Fernández Martínez ME, De Luis González JM.
    Journal: Int J Nurs Stud; 2007 Jul; 44(5):780-5. PubMed ID: 16643921.
    Abstract:
    AIM: The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence, knowledge and attitudes of tobacco use in the students of the School of Health Sciences in the Campus of Ponferrada (University of León, Spain). Two-hundred and sixty-six (88.3% of respondents) students were assessed by a confidential questionnaire, which was distributed, completed by the students and collected in the same session. METHODS: This was a descriptive quantitative survey research design to examine the tobacco use among nursing and physiotherapy students. RESULTS: The global prevalence was 29.3%. In relation to academic courses we have observed statistical significance (p=0.006). Therefore students increased tobacco use while their training at the school. Seventy (89.7%) of students were smokers prior to commencing degree. Nursing students declared were unfamiliar with strategies and methods to help people to quit. The first academic course students (78.6%) significantly differed (p=0.009) from second and third course. We have found scores statistically significant (p=0.04) about the students opinion about health professionals social role function. CONCLUSION: Tobacco consumption in university health students in the third year was higher than people aged 16-24 years old reported from the National Health Survey. The findings showed a great need to improve the curricular content in the area of tobacco including information, prevention, and treatment.
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