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

2016-06-30T17-57-56Z
Source: Journal Of Advance Researches In Biological Sciences (A Peer Reviewed Indexed Medical Journal)
*Kempaller Vinayak J, Kiran K G, Patil Sandeep, Kiran Udaya N, Shetty Shruthi M, 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. Material and Method : In this study 130 patients were recruited in different RHC's of costal Karnataka. The patients were interviewed using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire. Result : 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 it's lightening to further studies in a large sample size to conclude the same.


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