مقدمة: يعد التدخين السبب الرئيسي للعديد من الأمراض المزمنة و هو مشكلة صحية عامة متنامية في العالم . الهدف: تهدف هذه الدراسة الى تحديد مدى انتشار عادة التدخين و العوامل المرتبطة بين طلاب جامعة الأندلس للعلوم الطبية . طرق و أدوات البحث: تم إجراء دراسة مقطعية في الفترة الواقعة بين تشرين الاول من العام الدراسي 2017 و حتى شهر أذار من العام الدراسي 2018 و ذلك على عينة قوامها 300 طالب في جامعة الأندلس الخاصة للعلوم الطبية حيث استخدمت طريقة العينة الطبقية المنتظمة. تم جمع البيانات بعد توزيع الاستبيان على طلاب جميع السنوات الدراسية في الكليات الطبية. النتائج: من بين 300 مشارك ، كان 166 طالبا مدخنا بمعدل انتشار 55 ٪. كان معدل انتشار المدخنين أعلى بكثير عند الذكور من الإناث ( 79,5 ٪ و 20,5 ٪) على التوالي. 72.2 % من الطلاب بدأوا التدخين في عمر يقل عن 20 عامًا، كما بينت النتائج وجود اختلافات ذات دلالة احصائية في التدخين بين الكليات الطبية ( P = 0,02 ) و قد سجلت كلية الطب البشري أعلى نسبة تدخين بين الطلاب. الاستنتاجات و التوصيات: تؤكد هذه الدراسة أن مشكلة التدخين بين طلاب الجامعة ترتبط بالعديد من العوامل الديموغرافية و الشخصية, كما توصي هذه الدراسة بأهمية إدخال برامج التوعية الصحية حول مخاطر التدخين في مناهج التعليم الطبي.
Background: smoking is the major cause of many chronic diseases and a growing
public health problem in the world. - Aim: the aim of this study is to determine
prevalence of smoking habit and associated factors among students of Al-Andalus
university of medical science. - Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from
October academic year 2017 to March academic year 2018 on 300 students in Al- andalus
Medical University. A systematic stratified sampling method was used. Data collected by
self-administrated questionnaire. - Results: out of the 300 respondents, 166 students were
smokers giving a prevalence rate of 55%.The prevalence of smokers were much higher in
males than females (79.5% and 20.5%, respectively). 72.2% of students started smoking at
the age of less than 20 years. There were a significance differences between faculties (P=
0.02) , which faculty of medicine reported high percentage. - Conclusions: This study
directs the attention to the fact that problem of smoking among university students has
important contributing personal and socio demographic factors. The study recommends
integrating health awareness programmes about smoking hazards in the medical education
curriculum.
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