Results of a questionnaire about nurse students' smoking habits and knowledges in an Italian teaching school of nursing

Boccoli, E; Federici, Antonio; As, Miller; E, De Paola

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“…The intervention had no effect on nicotine dependence levels, which rose on both campuses in the way described by Boccoli [25]. The low initial dependence levels as compared with those recorded in similar studies concerning health science students [4,21,[26][27][28] may have hindered the good results of the intervention, together with the fact that it was not designed for this end.…”

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Effectiveness of a course in the control of tobacco use for university health students: A quasi-experimental community intervention trial

Fernández¹,

Molina²,

Martín³

et al. 2013

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Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a tobacco control course in the reduction of prevalence and the improvement of knowledge and attitudes among university health students. Method: Quasi-experimental study on a community based intervention. Interventional campus students received a tobacco control course in the first year of the degree. Data were collected by Self-Answered Questionnaire during three academic years in two graduations years among health students in both campuses. Results: 84.4% of students participated in the study. In both campuses tobacco use was reduced, not significantly, above all in those joining courses from origins other than baccalaureate. In the intervention and control campus showed an increase in the nicotine dependency according to Fagerström test and a little change in motivation according to Richmond test. The regression model best explaining the improving of the knowledge included academic course mainly and campus and academic background too. With regard to opinions and beliefs tobacco use was not influenced, being associated in general to the academic course. Conclusions: A specific tobacco control course did not change prevalence of tobacco, nicotine dependence and motivation to give up. The improvement in knowledge was associated with academic course in both campuses. We recommend to commence smoking cessation strategies in university health students.

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Effectiveness of a course in the control of tobacco use for university health students: A quasi-experimental community intervention trial

Fernández¹,

Molina²,

Martín³

et al. 2013

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“…Our study represents one of the first investigations of tobacco smoking ever conducted among a complete cross‐section of Australian nursing students. Although there is little cross‐sectional data of this nature from Australia, similar studies have been conducted among nursing students in other countries (Carmichael & Cockcroft, 1990; Blakey & Seaton, 1992; Najem et al ., 1995; West & Hargreaves, 1995; Boccoli et al ., 1996; Charlton et al ., 1997; Ahmadi et al ., 2004; Baron‐Epel et al ., 2004; Krommydas et al ., 2004; Sekijima et al ., 2005; Suzuki et al ., 2005). The examination of previous research conducted among student nurses suggests a number of important issues with regard to smoking prevalence.…”

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“…Another Japanese study also documented a high smoking rate during their research (24%) (Suzuki et al ., 2005). The highest smoking rates of all appear to have been documented some years ago in Italy (Boccoli et al ., 1996) and the UK (Carmichael & Cockcroft, 1990), where about half of the nursing students surveyed at the time were current users of tobacco (51% and 43%, respectively).…”

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“…Our questionnaire was based on previous tobacco smoking studies conducted among nursing students in Australia (Neil et al ., 1980; Adams et al ., 1994; Nagle et al ., 1999; Clark et al ., 2004; McCann et al ., 2005) and elsewhere (Carmichael & Cockcroft, 1990; Blakey & Seaton, 1992; Najem et al ., 1995; West & Hargreaves, 1995; Boccoli et al ., 1996; Charlton et al ., 1997; Ohida et al ., 2001a,b; Ahmadi et al ., 2004; Baron‐Epel et al ., 2004; Krommydas et al ., 2004; Sekijima et al ., 2005; Suzuki et al ., 2005). The first section focused on demographic items, such as age, gender, year of study at the university, and whether the nursing students had previously worked as a nurse prior to entering the course.…”

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Tobacco smoking habits among a complete cross‐section of Australian nursing students

Smith

Leggat

2007

Nursing & Health Sciences

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This study was undertaken as a complete cross-sectional survey of tobacco smoking habits among 270 undergraduate students at an Australian nursing school (response rate: 84.6%). An anonymous, self-reporting questionnaire survey was used to gather the data. The overall prevalence of current smoking was 15.9%, with a further 8.5% being ex-smokers. The nursing students consumed an average of 11.5 cigarettes per day, they began smoking at 20.8 years of age, and had an average smoking duration of 7.2 years. The students who had previously worked as a nurse were twice as likely to be current smokers. This study suggests that although tobacco smoking remains fairly common among Australian nursing students, its prevalence and distribution vary according to the individual demographics of the group under study. Future researchers will need to consider the changing demographic base from which the new generation of nursing students are drawn.

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“…The cultural differences which are shown in the international literature on smoking in nursing staff illustrate the difficulty of importing policy solutions from one country to another. Surveys of student nurses in Italy revealed that 40–50% of student nurses were current smokers (Boccoli et al . 1996), and that nursing students were more likely to smoke than medical students (Melani et al .…”

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The effects of a non‐smoking policy on nursing staff smoking behaviour and attitudes in a psychiatric hospital

Bloor

Meeson

Crome

2006

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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The UK Department of Health required that by April 2001, all NHS bodies would have implemented a smoking policy. It has been suggested that the best demonstration a hospital can make of its commitment to health is to ban smoking on its premises. This paper reports on an evaluation of the effectiveness of a non-smoking policy in a newly opened NHS psychiatric hospital. Questionnaires were sent to all 156 nursing staff in a psychiatric hospital to assess the effectiveness of the policy in terms of staff smoking behaviour, attitudes to the restriction and compliance with the policy. Of the 156 questionnaires distributed, 92 (58%) were returned; smokers, former smokers and those who have never smoked were quite evenly represented at 34.78%, 34.78% and 30.43%, respectively. Of eight critical success factors for the policy, only one, staff not smoking in Trust public areas, had been achieved. A non-smoking policy was generally accepted as necessary by nursing staff working in a mental health setting. Staff felt that the policy was not effective in motivating smoking nurses to stop and that insufficient support was given to these nurses. The study highlights the importance of introducing staff support systems as an integral part of smoking policies and the role of counterintuitive behaviour in the effectiveness of smoking policy introduction in healthcare settings.

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Results of a questionnaire about nurse students' smoking habits and knowledges in an Italian teaching school of nursing

Cited by 17 publications

References 11 publications

Effectiveness of a course in the control of tobacco use for university health students: A quasi-experimental community intervention trial

Effectiveness of a course in the control of tobacco use for university health students: A quasi-experimental community intervention trial

Tobacco smoking habits among a complete cross‐section of Australian nursing students

The effects of a non‐smoking policy on nursing staff smoking behaviour and attitudes in a psychiatric hospital

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