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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/17981
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dc.contributor.authorGrati, Lilia
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-25T16:24:55Z
dc.date.available2021-09-25T16:24:55Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationGRATI, Lilia. Smoking as a method of coping for medical workers. In: The Moldovan Medical Journal. 2021, vol. 64, no 3, pp. 16-24. ISSN 2537-6381. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52418/moldovan-med-j.64-3.21.03
dc.identifier.issn2537-6373
dc.identifier.issn2537-6381
dc.identifier.urihttp://moldmedjournal.md/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Moldovan-Med-J-vers-6-Sept-2021-V64-No6.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.52418/moldovan-med-j.64-3.21.03
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/17981
dc.description.abstractBackground: This article analyzes the professional stress at healthcare professionals (HCP), related to their job. Health care providers can serve as role models in promoting healthy lifestyles; however, HCP commitment to help individuals to quit smoking may be influenced by their own smoking behavior. Material and methods: In order to determine the level of perceptual stress, the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) was applied, PSQ developed by Levenstein et al. In order to determine the level of addiction to smoking, the Fagerstorm nicotine addiction test was applied. The research was attended by 210 subjects from 5 medical institutions: doctors, nurses, and resident doctors. Confidentiality is maintained. Results: The doctors accumulated 32% on the scale of severe dependence, 8% moderate dependence and only 9% mild dependence, after calculating the score and interpreting the data. The resident doctors have accumulated the maximum score on the scale of mild dependence, 7% moderate dependence and only 3% severe dependence, which speaks of the fact that they are the youngest category of medical workers at the beginning of their careers and still do not have good defense mechanisms. The nurses, who represent 9% of the entire group of subjects, accumulated 0% on the scale of severe dependence, 8% moderate dependence and 1% mild dependence. Conclusions: Comparative data on smoking dependence levels in doctors of 32% according to the perceived stress level 71% confirm this. Stressed health workers are more likely to smoke, have different social problems and are males. The results of research have shown that the prevalence of smokers among health care professionals is high (51%), implying the ineffectiveness of the current government anti-tobacco strategy. Introducing new pillar – Harm Reduction in National Antismoking Action Plan, along with prevention, cessation and protection from second-hand smoking, can improve current smoking situation in general. It would be helpful to implement training programs about Tobacco Harm Reduction for healthcare workers to improve their ability in smoking cessation counselling techniques to provide active support to their patients.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldovaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe Moldovan Medical Journalen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectmedical workersen_US
dc.subjectsmokingen_US
dc.subjecttobacco harm reductionen_US
dc.subject.ddcUDC: [159.942+613.84]-051en_US
dc.titleSmoking as a method of coping for medical workersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Appears in Collections:The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 64, No 3, September 2021

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