The knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of hospital nurses on smoking cessation interventions: a cross-sectional study.
Education
Interventions
Nurses
Smoking cessation
Tobacco smoking
Journal
BMC nursing
ISSN: 1472-6955
Titre abrégé: BMC Nurs
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088683
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Jul 2023
03 Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
09
02
2023
accepted:
22
06
2023
medline:
3
7
2023
pubmed:
3
7
2023
entrez:
2
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Smoking is a major public health problem in Croatia. It is unknown to what extent nurses in Croatia use interventions for smoking cessation to help their patients. This study aimed to analyze the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of hospital nurses on smoking cessation interventions. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2022 on a convenient sample of hospital nurses. We collected data with a questionnaire that included sociodemographic questions and questions about the frequency of implementation of 5 A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) interventions for smoking cessation during their work using the Helping Smokers Quit (HSQ) survey, participants' attitudes and knowledge about smoking cessation skills and the smoking status of the nurses. There were 824 nurses employed in the targeted departments; 258 nurses participated in the study (response rate: 31%). Among them, 43% responded that they always ask patients about their use of tobacco products. Only 2.7% indicated that they always help the patient to stop smoking. Very few (2%) attended any training in the past two years about helping patients to quit smoking, and 82% never had such training. 44% of the included nurses were smokers. Nurses who smoked stated more frequently than nonsmokers they should not be role models for their patients by avoiding smoking (P 0.001). Additionally, patients were less frequently questioned about their inability to stop smoking by nurses who smoked than nurses who did not smoke (P = 0.010). Even though smoking cessation interventions delivered by nurses were proven effective, such interventions are used by a small number of surveyed nurses. A small number of nurses have received training to help them support smokers in quitting. The high smoking prevalence among nurses may impact their attitudes and the implementation of workplace smoking cessation efforts.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Smoking is a major public health problem in Croatia. It is unknown to what extent nurses in Croatia use interventions for smoking cessation to help their patients. This study aimed to analyze the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of hospital nurses on smoking cessation interventions.
METHODS
METHODS
We conducted a cross-sectional study in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2022 on a convenient sample of hospital nurses. We collected data with a questionnaire that included sociodemographic questions and questions about the frequency of implementation of 5 A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) interventions for smoking cessation during their work using the Helping Smokers Quit (HSQ) survey, participants' attitudes and knowledge about smoking cessation skills and the smoking status of the nurses.
RESULTS
RESULTS
There were 824 nurses employed in the targeted departments; 258 nurses participated in the study (response rate: 31%). Among them, 43% responded that they always ask patients about their use of tobacco products. Only 2.7% indicated that they always help the patient to stop smoking. Very few (2%) attended any training in the past two years about helping patients to quit smoking, and 82% never had such training. 44% of the included nurses were smokers. Nurses who smoked stated more frequently than nonsmokers they should not be role models for their patients by avoiding smoking (P 0.001). Additionally, patients were less frequently questioned about their inability to stop smoking by nurses who smoked than nurses who did not smoke (P = 0.010).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Even though smoking cessation interventions delivered by nurses were proven effective, such interventions are used by a small number of surveyed nurses. A small number of nurses have received training to help them support smokers in quitting. The high smoking prevalence among nurses may impact their attitudes and the implementation of workplace smoking cessation efforts.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37394472
doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01394-7
pii: 10.1186/s12912-023-01394-7
pmc: PMC10316570
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
228Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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