A cross sectional study on Pattern of tobacco consumption and prevalence of passive smoking and its health hazard awareness among elderly patients.-A coastal karnataka study

2016-06-29T17-56-52Z
Source: Journal Of Advance Researches In Biological Sciences (A Peer Reviewed Indexed Medical Journal)
*Vinayak J Kempaller, K G Kiran, Shruthi M Shetty, Sandeep Patil, Udaya kiran N, Dinesh S M.
INTRODUCTION : Passive smoking is the combination of side stream smoke given off by a burning tobacco product and mainstream smoke exhaled by a smoker. Exposure to passive smoking can take place at home, workplace or at public places. The present study is a cross sectional study conducted to assess the prevalence of passive smoking and to know the knowledge regarding ill effects among female patients. MATERIALS AND METHOD : In this study 130 patients were recruited in different RHCs of costal Karnataka. The patients were interviewed using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire. RESULTS : A total of 130 patients ,(55.4% males, and 44.6% females), among these 39.2% were using tobacco in any form. Around 61.5% patients were exposed to tobacco smoke in last thirty days at any place.In 30.8% patients home ,smoking was allowed.20.8% of female patients gave history of smoking by their husbands .48.5% patients were aware that passive smoking causes health Hazard. Among these, majority (52.3%) of them were aware that passive smoking causes lung cancer.CONCLUSION: The smokers in a public places were the main source for passive smoking among elderly patients. The present study is limited to small sample size and its lightening to further studies in a large sample size to conclude the same.


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