Smoking in nursing students: A prevalence multicenter study

The role of nursing students as future health promoters of healthy behaviors is influenced by their attitude towards smoking. A cross-sectional study using a self-administered survey was performed to analyze smoking prevalence among undergraduate the nursing students who attend nursing faculties in...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2020-04, Vol.99 (14), p.e19414-e19414
Main Authors: Fernández-García, Daniel, Ordás, Beatriz, Fernández-Peña, Rosario, Bárcena-Calvo, Carmen, Ordoñez, César, Amo-Setién, Francisco José, Gómez-Salgado, Juan, Martínez-Isasi, Santiago
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Cigarette Smoking - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Motivation
Observational Study
Portugal - epidemiology
Prevalence
Sex Factors
Smokers - psychology
Smokers - statistics & numerical data
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Spain - epidemiology
Students, Nursing - statistics & numerical data
Tobacco Use Disorder - epidemiology
Universities - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:The role of nursing students as future health promoters of healthy behaviors is influenced by their attitude towards smoking. A cross-sectional study using a self-administered survey was performed to analyze smoking prevalence among undergraduate the nursing students who attend nursing faculties in 2 European countries (Spain and Portugal) during academic period 2015 to 2016. A total of 1469 subjects were surveyed (response rate of 79.8%). An 80% of the students were female with a mean age of 21.9 (4.8) years. The overall prevalence of tobacco use was 18.9%, with an average percentage of 16.2% in Portugal and 18.3% in Spain. Statistical significance was observed in relation to smoke and previous studies (16.4% vs 27.1%; P 
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000019414