Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan
Introduction: The consumption of tobacco is very harmful to people’s health. According to WHO, smoking is the cause of death of 8 million people a year. Objetive: The purpose of the research was to determine the factors associated with the consumption of tobacco in university students in Metropolita...
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| author | Lucy E. Correa-López Andrea M. Morales Romero Jesús E. Olivera Ruiz Carmen L. Segura Márquez Lucy Cedillo Ramirez Consuelo Luna-Muñoz |
| author_facet | Lucy E. Correa-López Andrea M. Morales Romero Jesús E. Olivera Ruiz Carmen L. Segura Márquez Lucy Cedillo Ramirez Consuelo Luna-Muñoz |
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| description | Introduction: The consumption of tobacco is very harmful to people’s health. According to WHO, smoking is the cause of death of 8 million people a year. Objetive: The purpose of the research was to determine the factors associated with the consumption of tobacco in university students in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: The sample consisted of 447 students from Lima universities, the survey was applied: Fagerstrom test. Subsequently the data was analyzed using tables of: distribution, frequency, contingency. Results: It was evidenced through the X2 statistical test that there is a significant association between the variables sex and smoking habit, OR = 1.93, IC 95%[1.29-6,519]. It was also observed that having smoking parents is significantly associated with the habit of smoking by the children, with a value p =0,000 of X2 and the OR 3.31, IC 95%[2,145 - 5,116]. Conclusion: The variables sex and parental background have a significant association with tobacco consumption, emphasizing that our family environment deserves to be safe, healthy and free of tobacco smoke |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9690a7adeea84491a08b04698a3766512022-12-21T20:55:34ZspaUniversidad Ricardo PalmaRevista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana1814-54692308-05312020-03-0120222723210.25176/RFMH.v20i2.2872Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitanLucy E. Correa-López https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7892-4391Andrea M. Morales Romero https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9611-5950Jesús E. Olivera Ruiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-3393Carmen L. Segura Márquez https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2396-1889Lucy Cedillo Ramirezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-5090Consuelo Luna-Muñoz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-2745Introduction: The consumption of tobacco is very harmful to people’s health. According to WHO, smoking is the cause of death of 8 million people a year. Objetive: The purpose of the research was to determine the factors associated with the consumption of tobacco in university students in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: The sample consisted of 447 students from Lima universities, the survey was applied: Fagerstrom test. Subsequently the data was analyzed using tables of: distribution, frequency, contingency. Results: It was evidenced through the X2 statistical test that there is a significant association between the variables sex and smoking habit, OR = 1.93, IC 95%[1.29-6,519]. It was also observed that having smoking parents is significantly associated with the habit of smoking by the children, with a value p =0,000 of X2 and the OR 3.31, IC 95%[2,145 - 5,116]. Conclusion: The variables sex and parental background have a significant association with tobacco consumption, emphasizing that our family environment deserves to be safe, healthy and free of tobacco smokehttp://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/2872consumption of tobaccouniversity studentsparental background |
| spellingShingle | Lucy E. Correa-López Andrea M. Morales Romero Jesús E. Olivera Ruiz Carmen L. Segura Márquez Lucy Cedillo Ramirez Consuelo Luna-Muñoz Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana consumption of tobacco university students parental background |
| title | Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan |
| title_full | Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan |
| title_fullStr | Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan |
| title_short | Factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of Lima metropolitan |
| title_sort | factors associated with tobacco consumption in university students of lima metropolitan |
| topic | consumption of tobacco university students parental background |
| url | http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/2872 |
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