González-Campillo G, Rivera-Rueda MA, Velásquez-Valassi B, Méndez-Cabello S

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 161-167
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ABSTRACT

Objective: This research intended to determine the prevalence and characteristics of addiction to nicotine among people working at the National Institute of Perinatology (Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, INPer), so the problem could be appraised.
Material and methods: Researchers administered a questionnaire that included 33 questions based upon Fargerstrom test. From those 33 questions, seven were open-ended and the rest were multiple-choice type. Data were collected using a stratified non-probabilistic sampling, according to working shifts.
Results: Profiles of results are similar to those shown in the National Survey on Drug Abuse (1998, 2000), and to the ones yielded by the research on prevalence of smokers in the National Health Institutes conducted by the INER in 1997, which showed that employees of the INPer were well-disposed to quit smoking.
Conclusion: Based upon the results, researchers concluded that it is important to implement an anti-tobacco program for workers of the National Institute of Perinatology (Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, INPer).

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