Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the inclination of smoking among MBBS students of public and private medical colleges of four provinces.
STUDY DESIGN: A descriptive cross-sectional study.
PLACE AND DURATION: The study was carried in public private medical Colleges from 1st January to 30th January 2016.
METHODOLOGY: Non probability sampling was done by online questionnaire, which was distributed to all students enrolled in MBBS program in sixteen medical colleges across the four provinces of Pakistan with 20 to 25 respondents from each of these colleges and those unwilling to participate in the study or those unable to return the form by 3 weeks were excluded from study. Data was presented in form of percentage and frequency.
RESULTS: Off 385 respondents 57.2% were female and 42.3% were male. 89.9% of the respondents were non-smokers, while 11.1% were smokers. There were more smokers in private sector medical colleges 13% as compared to public sector colleges 9%. The general trend showed that smoking increased from 1st t o 3 rd year which was 31.9% and then from 3rd year to final year number of smoker was 6.8%. The inclination for smoking in 62% was to ‘overcome stress’ followed by 24% said it gave them ‘sense of superiority’ while rest said it is ‘exhibition of class and wealth’ as their response.
CONCLUSION: Stress of studies and college environment inclines the medical student to smoking.
Rubeena Gul, Khushhal Nadir Hadi, Muhammad Hamza Rehman, Abdullah Ahmad Orakzai. (2018) Assessment of Inclination of Smoking among MBBS Students of Four Provinces: A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study., Isra Medical Journal, Volume 10, 01.
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