Volume 22, Issue 3
PREVALENCE OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES IN PSYCHOLOGISTS AT ARGENTINA
Abstract
One of the main factors that affects population trend of smoking is the consumption level among health professionals. That consumption has been studied mainly among physicians. This study aims to determine the prevalence of tobacco use and other psychosocial variables among psychologists through an observational cross-sectional study. Features inquired were: tobacco consumption; stages of change, temptation, degree of addiction, social acceptability. The final sample was 1204 psychologists. The study yielded a prevalence of smoking of 34,1%. The percentage of psychologists in the precontemplation stage was 57,5%. The prevalence of smoking in psychologists is higher than in the general population and there is a high quitting resistance in this population.
Keywords
tobacco consumption, psychologists, stages of change