Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Dependence Clinical Trial
Abstract: Tobacco dependence remains one of the primary health care concerns worldwide.
Attitude of healthcare professionals towards smoking is crucial for any long-term prevention
and smoking cessation program.
Objectives: Analyze smoking habits of medical doctors from a central hospital in Lisbon
(2014), comparing results between medical versus surgical specialities. Results were
compared with those obtained in 1999.
Design and setting: A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all
physicians for a period of 4 months. The questions included sociodemographic data, smoking
habits characterization, attitudes towards smoking, importance attribute to smoking
cessation programme in the hospital and knowledge of the 2008 country law.
Participants: All medical doctors working in the central hospital studied between 1/1/2014
and 30/6/2014 Outcome measures: The primary outcome measure was to characterize the smoking
habits of medical doctors. Secondary outcomes included comparison of results between
surgical and medical groups and with those obtain in a similar study in 1999.
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Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional