ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2016
School-based anti-smoking intervention for physiotherapy students: a three-year non-randomized trial.
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- Effectiveness of a training course on smoking cessation knowledge and behaviour for health profession students: the SISMA project.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2019Article
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Health Promotion Intervention Program Among Physiotherapy Undergraduate Students.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionThe aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of a school-based intervention for reducing tobacco consumption among physiotherapy students. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis controlled trial involved two groups of physiotherapy students: a treatment group (A) and a control group (B). Treatment consisted of a seminar on smoking-related diseases (3 hours) and training (at least 10 months) in a respiratory diseases or thoracic surgery unit. The control group (B) did not undergo any treatment. The main outcome was the prevalence of smokers. Follow-up lasted 3 years.
resultsGroups A and B comprised 78 and 72 students, respectively. The two groups did not differ in terms of gender distribution, mean age, prevalence of smokers and nicotine dependence. In group A, the prevalence of smoking declined from 36% to 33% between T0 and T1 (3 years), the relative risk (RR) at T1 being 0.93 (95% CI: 0.6-1.44). In group B, the prevalence increased from 28% to 35% between T0 and T1, with a RR at T1 of 1.26 (0.76- 2.11). The prevalence reduction "attributable" to the intervention in group A 7.7%, while a 27.8% increase in prevalence "attributable" to the absence of intervention was found in group B. However, the differences were not statistically significant.
conclusionsSchool-based interventions seem to be effective in reducing the prevalence of smoking among healthcare students. Further studies on larger samples and with standardized methodology are required in order to confirm these preliminary findings.
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