Survey on smoking behavior of medical staff in Jilin Province

Objective To understand the situation of smoking and quitting smoking and influencing factors by investigating smoking and quitting smoking of medical staff in Jilin Province,and to provid key points and scientific information for the smoking control.Methods By stratified sampling methods,3787 medical workers in 50 medical institutions of 9 districts(Changchun,Yanbian,Liaoyuan,Baishan,Baicheng,Zhenlai,Dunhua,Jingyu,Dongliao) in Jilin Province were selected to undergo a questionnaire survey.The investigators came from medical institutions,and they investigated objects one by one after training.The questionnaires included smoking,smoking cessation and demographic information.SPSS 13.0 software was adopt to deal with the data.The data was described by rate and proportion,and different rates were compared using Chi-square test.The smoking and quitting smoking status of medical staff in Jilin Province and influencing factors were analyzed.Results The total smoking rate of the medical staff in Jilin Province was 15.45%,the smoking rate of male was 44.20%,and the female' s was 0.40%.In the smoking people,the smoking rate in group 40 years old was the highest(22.06%),the smoking rate of the people with high school/technical school education was the highest(19.69%),and the smoking rate of the people in Center for Disease Prevention and Control was the highest(24.82%).Among smoking-medical staff,44.71% ever tried to quit smoking and 39.04% wanted to quit smoking.To protect oneself and families from the smoking damage was the main influence factor of smoke abatement.Conclusion The smoking rate of medical staff in Jilin Province is still higher.And the medical staff should accept the health education of smoking control to promote understanding of the smoking damage.