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Knowledge and attitudes towards smoking cessation counselling: an Italian cross-sectional survey on tertiary care nursing staff.
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- Self-Reported Comfort and Use of Tobacco Cessation Interventions by Healthcare Providers.Cureus · 2024Article
- Nurse-led lifestyle counseling in Polish primary care: the effect of current health status and perceived barriers.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Predictor of smoking cessation among school-going adolescents in Indonesia: a secondary analysis based on the transtheoretical model of behavioral change.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF IRANIAN DENTAL STUDENTS ABOUT SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Investigation of Staff Feedback on an Online Learning Module on Smoking Cessation in a German Healthcare Company.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Study on the participation of nursing staff in tobacco cessation support and related influencing factors: A survey from Chongqing, China.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Validation and psychometric properties of the Italian Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX-I) scale.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the most effective smoking cessation strategies involves care and advice from nurses due to their role in the front line of treatment. Lack of education on smoking cessation counselling may be detrimental, and adequate smoking cessation training during healthcare studies is needed.
objectivesThe study aimed to examine nurses' attitudes, belief, and knowledge of smoking cessation counselling; knowledge of the health risks associated with smoking was also assessed.
designA cross-sectional survey on 77 nurses from the nursing staff of Cardiology, Cardiac Intensive Care and Surgical Oncology Units of two tertiary hospitals.
methodsCronbach's alpha was calculated to assess the questionnaire's internal consistency, and three composite indicators were computed to assess the three dimensions of the questionnaire (knowledge, attitude, belief). Furthermore, a stepwise linear regression model was used to predict the attitude to be engaged in smoking cessation counselling, related to demographic and behavioural variables, as well as knowledge and belief indicators. The analysis was stratified by Unit.
resultsNurses from three Units had a significantly different attitude score (2.55 ± 0.93 for Cardiology, 2.49 ± 0.72 for Cardiac Intensive Care and 2.09 ± 0.59 for Surgical Oncology Unit) (
conclusionsIncorporation of smoking cessation interventions in nurses' and nursing managers' education could improve the nursing staff's attitude, belief, and knowledge regarding smoking cessation counselling, which would lead to the inclusion of tobacco prevention and cessation as an integral part of patient care.
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