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  P2.10 - Prevention and Tobacco Control (ID 176)

  • Event: WCLC 2019
  • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
  • Track: Prevention and Tobacco Control
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  • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall

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    P2.10-06 - Smoking Prevalence and Perceptions Among Healthcare Professionals: A Survey in an Italian Clinical Cancer Centre (Now Available) (ID 840)

    10:15 - 18:15  |  Author(s): Daniela Bafunno
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    Background
    

    A survey has been conducted on employees of our Clinical Cancer Centre about the smoking prevalence and knowledge of the smoking-related harms. The results have been compared to those emerged from a previous survey when the current smoke-free-hospital policies (national and internal) were not yet active.

    Method
    

    In June 2017, during two weeks, 400 subjects received an anonymous questionnaire (36items) investigating demographics, smoking-habits, secondhand-smoke exposure, knowledge of Italian smoke-free legislation.

    Result
    

    104 subjects (26%) returned the self-completed form (M=45.34years, SD=10.5; 67.3%women). 17,8%of responders were smokers, 26,2%former smokers, 56% no smokers, while in 23,8% the data were missing. Among the former smokers, the mean age of smoking cessation was 33,3 years (sd=10,2), without drugs in 77,3% of cases, for the following reasons: preventive health purposes (29,6%),a child birth (26%),suggestions from family members (3,%); no one stopped on medical advice. The ex-or never smokers share the working room with one (23,2%) or more (8,5%) smokers, pointing out the smoke exposure in hospital (30%), and feeling intense uneasiness (46,8%). The smoke-free-hospitals policy is not fully accepted, indeed only 40% declared that the smoking ban is observed and 63,2% said to smoke during the working-time.

    Regarding the policies that prohibit smoking inside and outside the hospital, the responders perceived it as a good way to protect the health (65,4%), to reduce the prevalence of smokers in hospital (20%), to protect non-smokers (46,1%) and to decrease tobacco-related disorders (37,5%) (p<0,001). The implementation of Italian smoke-free policies has favoured the reduction of the number of smoked cigarettes (55%), but did not increase the desire of a complete cessation (63%). A comparison of the surveys conducted in 2014 and 2017 is showed in Figure.

    Conclusion
    

    The adopted strategies are partially efficient; among personnel there is a large prevalence of smokers and interventions aimed at the development of a culture of health promotion are needed.

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