Smoking Prevalence Among Healthcare Personnel in Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya

Mohd Johan Jefri Mohd Johari, Siti Ramizah Ramli, Jaysina Ayu Jaafar Siddek, MBBChB, Noriklil Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, Nor Aini Abdullah, Amir Aiman Azman, Dip: Smoking Prevalence Among Healthcare Personnel in Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. 2019, (Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1Non-Communicable Disease Unit, Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (JKWPKL&P), 2Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 3Malaysian Healthcare Performance Unit, Ministry of Health, Malaysia).

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Many tobacco interventions are carried out by Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (JKWPKL&P) to ensure Kuala Lumpur andPutrajaya Smoke Free Cities (KL&PBAR) is achieved by 2045. Unfortunately, some healthcare personnel are also smoking thus become another barrier to these tobacco interventions. This study aims to determine the prevalence of smoking and the socio-demographic among the healthcare personnel in JKWPKL&P. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using data collected through the KL&PBAR program in JKWPKL&P from January till April 2018. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking among 2910 staffs included in the study was 7.1%; 4.2% smoked cigarette, 0.6% smoked vape and 2.3% smoked both. The prevalence of smoking among males was significantly higher than female (29.3% vs 0.4%). Highest smoking prevalence was seen among those aged 20-29 years, other ethnicities, secondary school graduates, staffs from grade 1-18 and district office. Males, lower educational attainment, grade below 41 and aged below 40 years were significantly associated with smoking. Among cigarette smokers, we found that topmost described curiosity (33.0%), various reasons (31.3%), peer pressure (26.9%) and stress (8.8%) as the factors contributing to smoking. Meanwhile, vapers described vape as a method to quit smoking (41.0%), healthier and safer alternative (20.5%), peer pressure (19.2%), cheaper (12.8%), following trends (5.1%) and stress (1.3%). Interestingly, almost 90% of smokers agree on KL&PBAR. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of smoking among healthcare personnel is low, tackling this issue is important as we do not want to send mix messages about smoking to the public.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-275,
    title = {Smoking Prevalence Among Healthcare Personnel in Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya},
    author = {Mohd Johan Jefri Mohd Johari and Siti Ramizah Ramli and Jaysina Ayu Jaafar Siddek and MBBChB and Noriklil Bukhary Ismail Bukhary and Nor Aini Abdullah and Amir Aiman Azman and Dip},
    year  = {2019},
    date = {2019-07-22},
    urldate = {2019-07-22},
    journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
    issue = {6},
    abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Many tobacco interventions are carried out by Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (JKWPKL\&P) to ensure Kuala Lumpur andPutrajaya Smoke Free Cities (KL\&PBAR) is achieved by 2045. Unfortunately, some healthcare personnel are also smoking thus become another barrier to these tobacco interventions. This study aims to determine the prevalence of smoking and the socio-demographic among the healthcare personnel in JKWPKL\&P. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using data collected through the KL\&PBAR program in JKWPKL\&P from January till April 2018. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking among 2910 staffs included in the study was 7.1%; 4.2% smoked cigarette, 0.6% smoked vape and 2.3% smoked both. The prevalence of smoking among males was significantly higher than female (29.3% vs 0.4%). Highest smoking prevalence was seen among those aged 20-29 years, other ethnicities, secondary school graduates, staffs from grade 1-18 and district office. Males, lower educational attainment, grade below 41 and aged below 40 years were significantly associated with smoking. Among cigarette smokers, we found that topmost described curiosity (33.0%), various reasons (31.3%), peer pressure (26.9%) and stress (8.8%) as the factors contributing to smoking. Meanwhile, vapers described vape as a method to quit smoking (41.0%), healthier and safer alternative (20.5%), peer pressure (19.2%), cheaper (12.8%), following trends (5.1%) and stress (1.3%). Interestingly, almost 90% of smokers agree on KL\&PBAR. CONCLUSION: Although the prevalence of smoking among healthcare personnel is low, tackling this issue is important as we do not want to send mix messages about smoking to the public.},
    note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1Non-Communicable Disease Unit, Health Department of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya (JKWPKL\&P), 2Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 3Malaysian Healthcare Performance Unit, Ministry of Health, Malaysia},
    keywords = {healthcare personnel, smoke free, smoking},
    pubstate = {published},
    tppubtype = {proceedings}
    }