Smoking rates among hospital nurses in Longkou city, China

Title: Smoking rates among hospital nurses in Longkou city, China
Creator: Smith, Derek R.; Zhao, Isabella; Wang, Lina
Relation: Nursing and Health Sciences Vol. 15, Issue 1, p. 109-112
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12002
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: This study was undertaken as one of the first investigations of nurses' smoking habits in Longkou city, Shandong Province, China. An anonymous cross-sectional survey was administered as part of a larger investigation of healthcare professionals at a university teaching hospital during 2008. A total of 88 nurses responded to the survey, from whom tobacco-related data were provided by 83 of them (94%). Their overall smoking rate was very low (1%), with no male nurses reporting themselves to be current tobacco users. Overall, the current study suggests that smoking rates are very low among Chinese nurses in Longkou city, Shandong Province. These results are also consistent with studies of nurses' tobacco use conducted in other regions of China.
Subject: China; nurse; prevalence; smoking; survey; tobacco
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1298866
Identifier: uon:19741
Identifier: ISSN:1441-0745
Language: eng
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