Characterization of Smoking Habits Patterns in Medical Doctors of a Central Hospital in Portugal - What Has Changed After 15 Years? A Comparative Cross-sectional Study

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Dependence
• Interventions: Other: Smoking habits characterization

• Registration Number: NCT02913989
• Lead Sponsor: Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental

Brief Summary

Abstract: Tobacco dependence remains one of the primary health care concerns worldwide. Attitude of healthcare professionals towards smoking is crucial for any long-term prevention and smoking cessation program.

Objectives: Analyze smoking habits of medical doctors from a central hospital in Lisbon (2014), comparing results between medical versus surgical specialities. Results were compared with those obtained in 1999.

Design and setting: A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all physicians for a period of 4 months. The questions included sociodemographic data, smoking habits characterization, attitudes towards smoking, importance attribute to smoking cessation programme in the hospital and knowledge of the 2008 country law.

Participants: All medical doctors working in the central hospital studied between 1/1/2014 and 30/6/2014 Outcome measures: The primary outcome measure was to characterize the smoking habits of medical doctors. Secondary outcomes included comparison of results between surgical and medical groups and with those obtain in a similar study in 1999.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-03
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 423

Inclusion Criteria

• All medical doctors working in the central hospital studied between 1/1/2014 and 30/6/2014

Exclusion Criteria

• Not a medical doctor

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Doctors from Medical Specialities	Smoking habits characterization	Doctors from Medical Specialities A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all physicians for a period of 4 months. The questions included sociodemographic data, smoking habits characterization, attitudes towards smoking, importance attribute to smoking cessation programme in the hospital and knowledge of the 2008 country law.
Doctors from Surgical Specialities	Smoking habits characterization	Doctors from Surgical Specialities A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all physicians for a period of 4 months. The questions included sociodemographic data, smoking habits characterization, attitudes towards smoking, importance attribute to smoking cessation programme in the hospital and knowledge of the 2008 country law.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analyze smoking habits of medical doctors from a central hospital in Lisbon (2014), comparing results between medical versus surgical specialities.	1 March 2014 - 30 June 2014

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of smoking habits of medical doctors in 2014 with a similar study in 1999 in the same hospital.	1999 and 2014 - 15 years