Study on the participation of nursing staff in tobacco cessation support and related influencing factors: A survey from Chongqing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nursing staff's assistance for smokers to quit smoking can increase the rate of quitting. The smoking cessation help can be affected by many factors. This study surveyed the use of the 5As (Asking, Advising, Assessing, Assisting, Arranging) approach to support smoking cessation by the nursing staff in Chongqing, China, and analyzed the corresponding influencing factors.

Methods

A stratified random cluster sampling method was used to select nursing staff from 8 tertiary hospitals, 5 secondary hospitals, 12 community health centers, and 35 township health centers in different geographical regions of Chongqing. A questionnaire survey was conducted among the nursing staff to investigate their participation in smoking cessation. Binary logistic regression analysis wa

SUBMITTER: Song J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10568683 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature