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Cartolín, S., Vicuña, J., Reyes, R. (2016). Prevalencia, actitudes y factores asociados al consumo de tabaco en médicos de un hospital de ESSALUD en Lima, Perú 2014 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/621828
Cartolín, S., Vicuña, J., Reyes, R. Prevalencia, actitudes y factores asociados al consumo de tabaco en médicos de un hospital de ESSALUD en Lima, Perú 2014 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/621828
@misc{renati/365638,
title = "Prevalencia, actitudes y factores asociados al consumo de tabaco en médicos de un hospital de ESSALUD en Lima, Perú 2014",
author = "Reyes Rojas, Rosa",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2016"
}
Objectives: To know the prevalence and to analyze the habits, attitudes and associated factors to tobacco use in physicians of a Peruvian Hospital. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional analytic study. A self-administered survey was conducted to evaluated knowledge about tobacco consumption and habits of the participants. For univariate analysis, absolute and relative frequencies and median and interquartile ranges distribution were used. Chi square test was used to evaluate categorical variables and Poisson regression for the multivariate analysis. Results: 318 surveys were conducted, 209 were men (65.72 %) and 109 women (34.28%); the average age was 46.43 with a SD ±12.42. Prevalence of tobacco use at least once in life was 37.11 %, which was associated with male sex (p <0.001) and surgical specialty (p = 0.001). In the regression analysis, the associations were confirmed. Conclusion: Prevalence of tobacco use at least once in life was similar to other countries in Latin America. Surgical specialty and male sex were associated with higher consumption. A limitation of the study was the lack of evaluation of other associated factors such as depression, anxiety or other drug use. The results show the current status of tobacco use on Peruvian physicians and can serve as a reference for conducting further studies.
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