Assessment of Inclination of Smoking among MBBS Students of Four Provinces: A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: Isra Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the inclination of smoking among MBBS students of public and private medical colleges of four provinces. STUDY DESIGN: A descriptive cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION: The study was carried in public private medical Colleges from 1st January to 30th January 2016. METHODOLOGY: Non probability sampling was done by online questionnaire, which was distributed to all students enrolled in MBBS program in sixteen medical colleges across the four provinces of Pakistan with 20 to 25 respondents from each of these colleges and those unwilling to participate in the study or those unable to return the form by 3 weeks were excluded from study. Data was presented in form of percentage and frequency. RESULTS: Off 385 respondents 57.2% were female and 42.3% were male. 89.9% of the respondents were non-smokers, while 11.1% were smokers. There were more smokers in private sector medical colleges 13% as compared to public sector colleges 9%. The general trend showed that smoking increased from 1st t o 3 rd year which was 31.9% and then from 3rd year to final year number of smoker was 6.8%. The inclination for smoking in 62% was to ‘overcome stress’ followed by 24% said it gave them ‘sense of superiority’ while rest said it is ‘exhibition of class and wealth’ as their response. CONCLUSION: Stress of studies and college environment inclines the medical student to smoking. KEY WORDS: Medical students, smoking, stress, private, public HOW TO CITE THIS: Gul R, Hadi KN, Rehman MH, Orakzai AA, Hussain SS. Assessment of Inclination of Smoking among MBBS Students of Four Provinces: A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study. Isra Med J. 2018; 10(1): 49-52
Authors and Affiliations
Rubeena Gul
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP509414
- DOI -
- Views 102
- Downloads 0
Frequency of Bone Marrow Involvement in Different Stages of Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma (Dlbcl)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of bone marrow involvement in different stages of diffuse large B cell lymphoma patients. STUDY DESIGN: A cross sectional interventional study. PLACE AND DURATION: At Oncology Departmen...
The Effect of Prenatal Administration of Retinoic Acid on the Survivability and Growth of Chick Embryos
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of retinoic acid on the survivability and growth of chick embryos. STUDY DESIGN: An experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION: Department of Anatomy, Islamabad Regional Centre of College o...
Prevention of Agitation on Emergence in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy under Sevoflurane Anesthesia: A Comparison of Ketamine and Propofol
Prevention of Agitation on Emergence in Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy under Sevoflurane Anesthesia: A Comparison of Ketamine and Propofol Sana Iqbal1, Ammar Ali Shah2, Tassadaq Khurshid3, Zubair Tariq4, Farah Naz5...
Methylprednisolone Induced Anaphylactic Reaction in a Case of Renal Transplant Anaesthesia
Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate (Solu-Medrol) is widely used in the management of renal transplantation. Of interest, is the rare occurrence of anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reaction to Solu-Medrol and clinicians sho...
Pleomorphic Adenoma of Minor Salivary Gland in the Parapharyngeal Space- A Rare Case Report
Parapharyngeal Space Tumors (PPST) being uncommon, constitute some 0.5% of Head & Neck Neoplasms. Pleomorphic adenomas in parapharyngeal space (PPS) are commonly of primary parotid gland origin, however, very rarely mino...