| dc.creator | Osorio S,Ximena | |
| dc.creator | Rivas R,Edith | |
| dc.creator | Jara B,Jeanette | |
| dc.date | 2003-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T15:33:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T15:33:27Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000300004 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/130771 | |
| dc.description | Background: Smoking is noxious for health and is considered a public health priority. The prevalence of smoking is increasing, specially in women. Among nurses, its prevalence is 42.7%. Aim: To study the prevalence of smoking among Chilean nurses. Material and methods: A cross sectional analysis of the prevalence of smoking among 290 female nurses living in 9th Region of Chile. A nicotine addiction scale was applied to smokers. Results: The prevalence of smoking was 37.9% and the percentage of former smokers was 18.3%. Twenty percent of the sample was an occasional smoker. The starting age for the habit was between 17 and 20 years (49.4%). Twenty seven percent of nurses without children and 42% of those with children smoked. Having a couple or not, did not influence the smoking habit. Ninety percent of smokers had a very low addiction to nicotine. Conclusions: The prevalence of smoking obtained in a sample of nurses is similar to that obtained by former studies in other population samples in Chile (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 269-74). | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0034-98872003000300004 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.131 n.3 2003 | |
| dc.subject | Habits | |
| dc.subject | Nurses | |
| dc.subject | Smoking | |
| dc.subject | Tobacco use disorders | |
| dc.title | Prevalencia de tabaquismo en enfermeras de la IX Región, Chile | |
