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- Title
Medical Trainees' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Electronic Cigarettes and Hookah: A Multinational Survey Study.
- Authors
Bruno, Fernando P.; Degani-Costa, Luiza Helena; Kandipudi, Kesava Lakshmi Prasad; Gushken, Fernanda; Szlejf, Claudia; Tokeshi, Ana B.; Tehrani, Yasmin F.; Kaufman, Daniel; Kumar, Pentapati Siva Santosh; Jamir, Limalemla; Benesch, Matthew GK; Ryan, Morag G.; Lotay, Hardeep; Fuld, Jonathan P.; Fidalgo, Thiago M.
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and hookah use among youth raises questions about medical trainees' views of these products. We aimed to investigate medical trainees' knowledge and attitudes toward e-cigarette and hookah use. METHODS: We used data from a large cross-sectional survey of medical trainees in Brazil, the United States, and India. We investigated demographic and mental health aspects, history of e-cigarettes and tobacco use, knowledge and attitudes toward e-cigarettes and hookah, and sources of information on e-cigarettes and hookah. Although all medical trainees were eligible for the original study, only senior students and physicians-in-training were included in the present analysis. RESULTS: Of 2,036 senior students and physicians-in-training, 27.4% believed e-cigarette use to be less harmful than tobacco smoking. As for hookah use, 14.9% believed it posed a lower risk than cigarettes. More than a third of trainees did not acknowledge the risks of passive e-cigarette use (42.9%) or hookah smoking (35.1%). Also, 32.4% endorsed e-cigarettes to quit smoking, whereas 22.5% felt ill equipped to discuss these tobacco products with patients. Fewer than half recalled attending lectures on these topics, and their most common sources of information were social media (54.5%), Google (40.8%), and friends and relatives (40.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Medical trainees often reported incorrect or biased perceptions of e-cigarettes and hookah, resorted to unreliable sources of information, and lacked the confidence to discuss the topic with patients. An expanded curriculum emphasis on e-cigarette and hookah use might be necessary because failing to address these educational gaps could risk years of efforts against smoking normalization.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY of medical students; ELECTRONIC cigarettes; CROSS-sectional method; CONTINUING education units; CURRICULUM; SURVEYS; HEALTH attitudes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; SMOKING; DATA analysis software; MEDICAL education; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 3, p306
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4187/respcare.11042