کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4107140 1605424 2006 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Smoking, smoking cessation and otorhinolaryngologists in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی بیماری های گوش و جراحی پلاستیک صورت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Smoking, smoking cessation and otorhinolaryngologists in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryOtorhinolaryngologists are directly involved in the diagnosis and management of smoking related diseases, including upper airway malignancy. It is important that the specialists have skills to treat smoking and nicotine dependence. It is also known that there are smokers amongst doctors.AimTo assess the opinions and practices of the otorhinolaryngologists of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, concerning smoking and nicotine dependence, and evaluation of smoking habits of the specialists.Study DesignCrosssectional.Materials and MethodsWe randomly selected 600 otorhinolaryngologists of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. A survey was mailed to the specialists in March 2005. We gathered data received from March to May 2005.ResultsThere were 209 respondents. Forty-seven specialists (46.4%) rated themselves as moderately familiar with the methods for treatment of nicotine dependence, and 60 (28.7%) as unsatisfactorily familiar. One hundred and forty-four respondents (68.9%) have never smoked, 50 (23.9%) were former-smokers, nine (4.3%) were occasional smokers and six (2.9%) were regular smokers.ConclusionThe prevalence of smoking in the sample of 209 otorhinolaryngologists of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, was 7.1%.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Volume 72, Issue 1, January–February 2006, Pages 96–103
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