Transitions in smoking status in nursing students: a prospective longitudinal study
Aim. To describe transitions in smoking status and their determining factors among nursing students between baseline (2015–2016) and follow-up (2018–2019). Design. Observational prospective longitudinal study of 4381 nursing students in Catalonia (Spain). Methods. We examined transitions in smoking...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
| Repositorio: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/149305 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10609/149305 http://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15665 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | longitudinal studies nursing students smoking smoking cessation tobacco use young adult |
| Sumario: | Aim. To describe transitions in smoking status and their determining factors among nursing students between baseline (2015–2016) and follow-up (2018–2019). Design. Observational prospective longitudinal study of 4381 nursing students in Catalonia (Spain). Methods. We examined transitions in smoking status from: (i) current smokers to recent quitters, (ii) never smokers to new smokers and (iii) former smokers to quitters who relapsed. We fitted logistic regression models to assess the predictors of quitting smoking. Results. The proportion of current smokers decreased from 29.7% at baseline to 23.6% at follow-up, with a cumulative incidence rate of quitting of 28.3% during follow-up. Nondaily smokers were more likely to quit than daily smokers. Of those who were never smokers at baseline, 4.6% were smokers at follow-up, and 23.2% of former smokers at baseline had relapsed at follow-up. Conclusions. Nondaily smokers were more likely to have quit smoking at follow-up among this cohort of nursing students. The early implementation of a comprehensive tobacco control program that includes tobacco-free campus policies, tobacco prevention interventions and cessation support during college years may decrease tobacco use among nursing students. |
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