Epidemiologic study of smoking prevalence among japanese nurses

• Project/Area Number: 26460849
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health
• Research Institution: Nihon University
• Principal Investigator: OHIDA Takashi 日本大学, 医学部, 教授 (40321864)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 地家 真紀 (池田真紀 / 池田 真紀) 日本大学, 医学部, 助教 (20535166)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
• Keywords: 看護師 / 喫煙状況 / 喫煙関連要因 / 喫煙 / 喫煙行動 / 健康意識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study was carried to invesigate on the prevalence of smoking among 3 medical school hospitals in Tokyo. Results obtained were as follows: smoking prevalense of femal nurses to be equal to the general femal population in japan. About 30% nurses with the smoking habit had an opinion to quit it. Smoking prevalence among the nurses by age was highest in fifies.The study suggests that anti-smoking program is necessary to develop for smoking nueses working at medical facilities.