04 Smoking patterns among primary.pmd
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1Primary Health Care, Buraidah, Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. 2Division of Psychiatry, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 3Medical Education and Community Health Services, Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. 4Department of General Health Affairs, Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. 5Buraidah Mental Health Hospital, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. Received: 08/08/02; accepted: 27/03/03 Profil du tabagisme chez les personnes qui consultent dans les centres de soins de santé primaires, Région d’Al-Qassim (Arabie saoudite) RESUME La prévalence, les caractéristiques socio-démographiques et la comorbidité médicale du tabagisme ont été examinés dans une étude transversale des utilisateurs des services de soins de santé primaires (SSP) en Arabie saoudite. Nous avons utilisé un questionnaire semi-structuré à 44 items pour recueillir des données auprès de 1752 patients dans 25 centres SSP choisis de manière aléatoire. Le pourcentage de tabagisme s’élevait à 52,3 %. Même si 85 % des sujets étaient des fumeurs adultes, 8,6 % avaient commencé à fumer avant l’âge de 12 ans. Les fumeurs ont donné des raisons de fumer qui se recoupent, notamment la pression des pairs ; les non-fumeurs ont avancé des arguments logiques religieux et sanitaires contre le tabagisme. Sur l’ensemble des fumeurs, 92,8 % souhaitaient apprendre à cesser de fumer, 11,8 % ne connaissaient pas les risques et 32,4 % signalaient des manifestations de sevrage à la nicotine. Outre la consommation d’alcool (13,4 %), 81,8 % avait une comorbidité physique. ABSTRACT Prevalence, sociodemographic patterns and medical co-morbidity of smoking among a crosssection of primary health care (PHC) clients in Saudi Arabia were examined. We used a 44-item semistructured questionnaire to collect data from 1752 patients at 25 randomly selected PHC centres. Percentage of smoking was 52.3%. Although 85% were adult smokers, 8.6% began smoking before age 12. Smokers gave overlapping reasons to smoke including peer pressure; non-smokers gave religious and health logics against smoking. Of all smokers, 92.8% wanted to learn cessation strategies, 11.8% were ignorant of hazards and 32.4% reported manifestations of nicotine withdrawal. Besides alcohol use (13.4%), 81.8% had co-morbid physical disease.
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