Tobacco Use and Associated Factors in Medical Students
- سال انتشار: 1395
- محل انتشار: مجله بین المللی پزشکی رضوی، دوره: 5، شماره: 1
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_RIJO-5-1_008
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 600
نویسندگان
Resident of Community Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, IR Iran
Assistant Professor of Community Medicine, Community Medicine Department and Public Health, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,IR Iran
Community Medicine Specialist, Student Research Committee, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,Mashhad, IR Iran
Resident of Family Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Mashhad, IR Iran
چکیده
Background: Many studies indicate that one of the leading preventable causes of premature death, disease and disability aroundthe world is Tobacco use. Unfortunately, adolescents and young adults of colleges are often targeted of marketing by the tobaccoindustry. The aim of this study was to assess the relative frequency of tobacco use and associated factors in medical students.Methods: This cross-sectional study has done among medical students in 2014 - 2015. Totally, 284 students from 4 levels (basic, extern,intern and residents) were selected by random sampling from each category. We used a checklist for collecting demographicinformation that was distributed among participants by a trained interviewer. SPSS-11.5 software was used for data analysis andsignificancelevel was considered < 0.05.Results: Among 284 medical students, 17 (6%) smoked cigarette and 3 (1.05%) used illicit substance. All of the users were male, 15(88%) of which were single. 1 (1.4 %) of the basic level students, 6 (6.9 %) of the externs, 9 (14.8 %) of the Interns and 1(1.6 %) of theresidents used cigarette but the differences among these groups were not significant (P = 0.36). Generally, 13 (76.5%) of the usersresided in dormitory and the others lived in parental home, which shows a significant difference among these groups (P = 0.01).Thelogistic regression indicated stage level was positively associated with cigarette use (P < 0.007).Conclusions: In this study, we evaluated how several environmental factors may influence illicit substance and tobacco use. Wefound an association between living in a dormitory and smoking cigarette, so it is an important factor to be considered in programplanning for new students who entered into this environment.کلیدواژه ها
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