ArticleThe international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2017
Smoking behavior and beliefs about the impact of smoking on anti-tuberculosis treatment among health care workers.
Article in The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Smoking Prevalence among Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Disease burden of tuberculosis in China from 1990 to 2021 and its prediction to 2036.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Smoked Tobacco, Air Pollution, and Tuberculosis in Lao PDR: Findings from a National Sample.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Contribution of Smoking to Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in High-Tuberculosis-Burden Countries.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among patients with tuberculosis.Public health action · 2018Review
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Abstract
settingTuberculosis (TB) health care facilities throughout Georgia.
objectiveTo describe smoking behaviors among health care workers (HCWs) at TB facilities and determine HCWs' knowledge and beliefs regarding the impact of tobacco use on anti-tuberculosis treatment.
designCross-sectional survey from May to December 2014 in Georgia. Adult HCWs (age 18 years) at TB facilities were eligible. We administered a 60-question anonymous survey about tobacco use and knowledge of the effect of smoking on anti-tuberculosis treatment.
resultsOf the 431 HCWs at TB facilities who participated, 377 (87.5%) were female; the median age was 50 years (range 20-77). Overall, 59 (13.7%) HCWs were current smokers and 35 (8.1%) were past smokers. Prevalence of current smoking was more common among physicians than among nurses (18.6% vs. 7.9%, P < 0.0001). Among HCWs, 115 (26.7%) believed smoking does not impact anti-tuberculosis treatment, and only 25.3% of physicians/nurses received formal training in smoking cessation approaches. Physicians who smoked were significantly more likely to believe that smoking does not impact anti-tuberculosis treatment than non-smoking physicians (aOR 5.11, 95%CI 1.46-17.90).
conclusionAdditional education about the effect of smoking on TB treatment outcomes is needed for staff of TB health care facilities in Georgia. Nurses and physicians need more training about smoking cessation approaches for patients with TB.
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