Psychosocial characteristics of smokers in La Palma municipality

Authors

  • Greter Ledesma Valdés Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • María Gabriela Sánchez Ledesma Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • Thalia Ledesma Valdés Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • Wendy Camejo González Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna". Pinar del Rio
  • María Del Carmen Valdés Gonzalez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Policlínico Universitario Pedro Borras Astorga. Pinar del Rio

Keywords:

TOBACCO USE DISORDER, TOBACCO, FACTORES DE RIESGO, SMOKING PREVENTION.

Abstract

Introduction: at present, smoking appears as one of the main health problems worldwide.
Objective: to characterize the people who smoke psycho-socially in La Palma municipality during 2017.
Method: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the health area belonging to Pedro Borras Astorga University Polyclinic; the target group consisted of 6625 patients dispensed as smokers, the sample was chosen by simple random sampling consisting of 863 smokers who met the inclusion criteria. Theoretical, empirical and descriptive statistics which included absolute and relative frequency were applied.
Results: 59,7 % of smokers were male, 71,3 % belonged to the age group of 25 to 59 years old, 57,3% only completed elementary school, the marital status of divorced-separated prevailed with 40,0 %; there was a 53,8 % average dependence on nicotine addiction, 91,0 % was motivated to smoke to reduce stress and 75,7 % of smokers presented the risk factors of living into dysfunctional families.
Conclusions: smoking is a health problem, it influences on the morbidity and mortality rates of the population of La Palma municipality, consequently prevention and control actions should be taken to diminish the risk factors, to achieve quality of life in the population exposed to this risky addiction.

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Published

2019-01-01

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Ledesma Valdés G, Sánchez Ledesma MG, Ledesma Valdés T, Camejo González W, Valdés Gonzalez MDC. Psychosocial characteristics of smokers in La Palma municipality. Univ. Méd. Pinareña [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Apr. 16];15(1):76-83. Available from: https://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/324

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2019): Enero-Abril

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Original Article

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