ABSTRACT
In this study, smoking rates and behavior related to smoking in our hospital staffs have been studied.
A survey comprising 20 questions was conducted on 164 of 181 personnel working in our hospital. Statistical analysis was performed using Student’s t test, ki-square test and Yates Continuity Correction tests.
The mean age was 37.07±9.75 of patients who participated in the survey, 35.4% were male, 64.6% were female. 37.2% of the cases were smokers, 52.4% of cases were non-smokers and 10.4% were former smokers. It was detected that an average age of starting smoking in smokers was 18.97±5.6 and 40.9% smokers smoked 11-20 cigarettes per day. It was seen that 13% of smokers had no smokers in their families and 87% of them had at least one smoker in their families. It was detected that 68.9% of them quited smoking at least at one time in their lives, 30.9% of them quited smoking for 6 months, then started again, and 72.2% of them wanted to quit smoking. It was seen that 49.2% of cases wanted to stop smoking to protect their health. Nocorrelation was found between age, sex, marital status, education and occupation.
Smoking rate is high in our hospital. Health professionals should be educated more in the fight against smoking. A high proportion of smokers (72.2%) were found to have a desire to quit smoking. Therefore, it is important to support them to quit smoking.
Keywords: Hospital, smoking, smoking behavior