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- Title
Smoking cessation support: Indian nursing students' practices, attitudes and perceived barriers.
- Authors
Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi; Gandhi, Sailaxmi; Chandra, Rama; Wilson, Andrew; Math, Suresh Bada
- Abstract
Background: Tobacco use is a significant global health issue. Studies that examined nursing students' attitudes towards smoking cessation support were limited from India. Aim: To assess undergraduate nursing students' practices, beliefs, attitudes and perceived barriers towards smoking cessation support. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was adopted among undergraduate nursing students (n=178) using self-reported questionnaires. Results: Findings revealed that a majority (68.5%) of the students inquire about their clients' smoking habits and 78.1% of them advise patients who are smokers about the health effects of smoking. Although student nurses hold positive attitudes in the enthusiasm domain (28.8+7.29), the majority of them lack self-efficacy towards smoking cessation support (14.2±4.70).'Patient's lack of motivation' (89.3%),'lack of training/knowledge' (88.2%) and 'lack of communication skills' (77.5%) were the major barriers encountered by the participants during tobacco counselling. Conclusion: The findings suggest that there is an urgent need to include a tobacco-control curriculum at undergraduate level to improve their competency in giving smoking cessation support.
- Subjects
INDIA; COLLEGE students; COMMUNICATIVE competence; COUNSELING; HEALTH attitudes; RESEARCH methodology; MOTIVATION (Psychology); NURSING students; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-efficacy; SELF-evaluation; SMOKING cessation; STUDENT attitudes; TIME; SOCIAL support; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH literacy; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
British Journal of Nursing, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 22, p1120
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2015.24.22.1120