Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Smoking in Friends and Relatives of Patients in Emergency Room: A New Frontier in the Fight against Tobacco
| Autor: | Metin Ocak, Mustafa Unal, Onur Ozturk, Abdussamed Vural, Arzu Ayraler, Muhammed Ali Oruc, Mustafa Yasin Selcuk, Gulsah Ozturk, Izzet Fidanci, Muhammed Emin Goktepe |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Addiction and Health, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 15-25 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2008-4633 2008-8469 |
| DOI: | 10.22122/ahj.2022.91849 |
| Popis: | Background: Emergency rooms (ERs) are usually crowded with friends and relatives (F&Rs) of the patients. This experience may result in changes in smoking behaviors and create opportunities for smoking cessation interventions. The study aims to investigate these changes and offers a new frontier in the fight against smoking.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the ERs of two universities in different cities. A questionnaire consisting of 18 questions was applied to F&Rs of the emergency patients. Statistical analysis was performed using Jamovi program.Findings: A total of 603 respondents were included in the study. Of them, 71.3% were first-degree relatives, 51.7% waited 5 or more times in ER before, and 68.6% spent 0-2 hours in a day around the ER. Upon witnessing patients in the ERs, 53.4% of the F&Rs had the idea of quitting smoking and 42.9% wanted to have smoking cessation therapy during their wait in the hospital. While 76.1% of the participants were not using different brands of cigarettes when offered in normal life, this rate was lower around the ERs (64.6%) (P < 0.001). Participants smoked 0.82 ± 0.34 cigarette per hour in normal life excluding sleeping time; this number raised almost 6 folds during the wait (4.85 ± 2.11) (P < 0.001).Conclusion: F&Rs smoked more during waiting around ERs. However, they also expressed desire to quit smoking and receive smoking cessation intervention during the wait. Providing smoking cessation counseling to F&Rs in the ER may be a valuable intervention. |
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