Nicotine Use Frequency and Addiction among Medical Students

Zeynep Meva Altaş; Jehan Al-shubaki; Sawsan Qawasmi; Amer Salameh; Nebras Balkhi; Dania N. Abouarra; Thanaa Al-tareb; Seyhan Hıdıroğlu

Makale detayları

Nicotine Use Frequency and Addiction among Medical Students

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Meva Altaş | Jehan Al-shubaki | Sawsan Qawasmi | Amer Salameh | Nebras Balkhi | Dania N. Abouarra | Thanaa Al-tareb | Seyhan Hıdıroğlu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Preventative Health Care

Dergi:

Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.304-309

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321223

pISSN:

2459-1459

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Özet:

 Objective: Evaluating the rate of smoking and factors associated with nicotine addiction in university students will provide targetoriented interventions for students. For this reason, this study aims to measure the frequency of nicotine use and nicotine dependence and related factors among medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire about nicotine use frequency and dependence was sent to a state universitys medical students via mobile phones. No sample size was calculated, instead, the study aimed to reach a total of 1522 medical students. The Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test was used to measure nicotine dependence levels. p .05 was considered as statistically significance level. Results: Of the students, 79.3 n306 were non-smokers, 14.7 n57 were smokers and 6.0 n23 of the students were ex-smokers. Male students, students not living with their families, students with a higher income, and those having at least one smoking parent had statistically significantly higher smoking rates p .05. According to the Fagerström Test, of the smoking students, 63.2 n36 had low nicotine dependency, 33.3 n19 had moderate nicotine dependency, and 3.5 n2 showed high nicotine dependency. Conclusion: Smoking rates were high in medical students, despite the medical knowledge related the negative health outcomes. And students had high level of nicotine dependence. Further studies are needed about the strategies on the prevention of smoking among medical students.

 Objective: Evaluating the rate of smoking and factors associated with nicotine addiction in university students will provide targetoriented interventions for students. For this reason, this study aims to measure the frequency of nicotine use and nicotine dependence and related factors among medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire about nicotine use frequency and dependence was sent to a state universitys medical students via mobile phones. No sample size was calculated, instead, the study aimed to reach a total of 1522 medical students. The Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test was used to measure nicotine dependence levels. p .05 was considered as statistically significance level. Results: Of the students, 79.3 n306 were non-smokers, 14.7 n57 were smokers and 6.0 n23 of the students were ex-smokers. Male students, students not living with their families, students with a higher income, and those having at least one smoking parent had statistically significantly higher smoking rates p .05. According to the Fagerström Test, of the smoking students, 63.2 n36 had low nicotine dependency, 33.3 n19 had moderate nicotine dependency, and 3.5 n2 showed high nicotine dependency. Conclusion: Smoking rates were high in medical students, despite the medical knowledge related the negative health outcomes. And students had high level of nicotine dependence. Further studies are needed about the strategies on the prevention of smoking among medical students.

 Objective: Evaluating the rate of smoking and factors associated with nicotine addiction in university students will provide targetoriented interventions for students. For this reason, this study aims to measure the frequency of nicotine use and nicotine dependence and related factors among medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire about nicotine use frequency and dependence was sent to a state universitys medical students via mobile phones. No sample size was calculated, instead, the study aimed to reach a total of 1522 medical students. The Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test was used to measure nicotine dependence levels. p .05 was considered as statistically significance level. Results: Of the students, 79.3 n306 were non-smokers, 14.7 n57 were smokers and 6.0 n23 of the students were ex-smokers. Male students, students not living with their families, students with a higher income, and those having at least one smoking parent had statistically significantly higher smoking rates p .05. According to the Fagerström Test, of the smoking students, 63.2 n36 had low nicotine dependency, 33.3 n19 had moderate nicotine dependency, and 3.5 n2 showed high nicotine dependency. Conclusion: Smoking rates were high in medical students, despite the medical knowledge related the negative health outcomes. And students had high level of nicotine dependence. Further studies are needed about the strategies on the prevention of smoking among medical students.

 Objective: Evaluating the rate of smoking and factors associated with nicotine addiction in university students will provide targetoriented interventions for students. For this reason, this study aims to measure the frequency of nicotine use and nicotine dependence and related factors among medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire about nicotine use frequency and dependence was sent to a state universitys medical students via mobile phones. No sample size was calculated, instead, the study aimed to reach a total of 1522 medical students. The Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test was used to measure nicotine dependence levels. p .05 was considered as statistically significance level. Results: Of the students, 79.3 n306 were non-smokers, 14.7 n57 were smokers and 6.0 n23 of the students were ex-smokers. Male students, students not living with their families, students with a higher income, and those having at least one smoking parent had statistically significantly higher smoking rates p .05. According to the Fagerström Test, of the smoking students, 63.2 n36 had low nicotine dependency, 33.3 n19 had moderate nicotine dependency, and 3.5 n2 showed high nicotine dependency. Conclusion: Smoking rates were high in medical students, despite the medical knowledge related the negative health outcomes. And students had high level of nicotine dependence. Further studies are needed about the strategies on the prevention of smoking among medical students.

Makale detayları

Nicotine Use Frequency and Addiction among Medical Students

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Meva Altaş | Jehan Al-shubaki | Sawsan Qawasmi | Amer Salameh | Nebras Balkhi | Dania N. Abouarra | Thanaa Al-tareb | Seyhan Hıdıroğlu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Preventative Health Care

Dergi:

Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.304-309

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321223

pISSN:

2459-1459

Medical students

smokers

nicotine use

nicotine dependence

The Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test

Sayı

Makale detayları

Nicotine Use Frequency and Addiction among Medical Students

Yazarlar: Zeynep Meva Altaş | Jehan Al-shubaki | Sawsan Qawasmi | Amer Salameh | Nebras Balkhi | Dania N. Abouarra | Thanaa Al-tareb | Seyhan Hıdıroğlu

Yayıncı: Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar: Preventative Health Care

Dergi: Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.304-309

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001321223

pISSN: 2459-1459

Medical students

smokers

nicotine use

nicotine dependence

The Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Meva Altaş | Jehan Al-shubaki | Sawsan Qawasmi | Amer Salameh | Nebras Balkhi | Dania N. Abouarra | Thanaa Al-tareb | Seyhan Hıdıroğlu

Yayıncı:

Marmara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Preventative Health Care

Dergi:

Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.304-309

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001321223

pISSN:

2459-1459