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Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi
INTRODUCTION: Workers represent half the world's population and are major contributors to economic and social development. Tobacco consumption in construction site workers has been considered a big challenge. OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the prevalence of nicotine dependence among tobacco users. (...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625442 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.188968 |
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author | Parashar, Mamta Agarwalla, Rashmi Mallik, Praveen Dwivedi, Shridhar Patvagekar, Bilkish Pathak, Rambha |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Workers represent half the world's population and are major contributors to economic and social development. Tobacco consumption in construction site workers has been considered a big challenge. OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the prevalence of nicotine dependence among tobacco users. (2) To study the correlates of nicotine dependence among the construction site workers. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional study was conducted using a predesigned and pretested structured proforma. The study was conducted among all construction site workers aged 18yrs and above in campus of Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research and associated HAH centenary hospital, New Delhi. Karl Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Questionnaire was used to assess dependence on nicotine. RESULTS: The mean age of construction site workers was 32.04±11.6 years. Among the workers, majority (91%) were tobacco user. Among the users, 60% found it difficult to refrain from smoking/chewing in places where use of tobacco is not allowed (e.g. hospitals, government offices, cinemas, Libraries etc). 55% of the users smoked or chewed tobacco during the first hours after waking than during the rest of the day. On multivariate analysis, the factors which were found to be significantly associated with nicotine dependence were lower income group (OR 2.57, CI:1.66-3.99), smokeless tobacco use (OR 2.36, CI:1.30-4.27) and lower education (OR = 2.86 (95% CI 1.97-4.16) for illiterate). DISCUSSION: The prevalence of tobacco use (91%) among construction workers is very high compared to that in the general population. Recognition of construction sites as work places and proper implementation of law is needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-50063282016-09-14 Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi Parashar, Mamta Agarwalla, Rashmi Mallik, Praveen Dwivedi, Shridhar Patvagekar, Bilkish Pathak, Rambha Lung India Original Article INTRODUCTION: Workers represent half the world's population and are major contributors to economic and social development. Tobacco consumption in construction site workers has been considered a big challenge. OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the prevalence of nicotine dependence among tobacco users. (2) To study the correlates of nicotine dependence among the construction site workers. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional study was conducted using a predesigned and pretested structured proforma. The study was conducted among all construction site workers aged 18yrs and above in campus of Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research and associated HAH centenary hospital, New Delhi. Karl Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Questionnaire was used to assess dependence on nicotine. RESULTS: The mean age of construction site workers was 32.04±11.6 years. Among the workers, majority (91%) were tobacco user. Among the users, 60% found it difficult to refrain from smoking/chewing in places where use of tobacco is not allowed (e.g. hospitals, government offices, cinemas, Libraries etc). 55% of the users smoked or chewed tobacco during the first hours after waking than during the rest of the day. On multivariate analysis, the factors which were found to be significantly associated with nicotine dependence were lower income group (OR 2.57, CI:1.66-3.99), smokeless tobacco use (OR 2.36, CI:1.30-4.27) and lower education (OR = 2.86 (95% CI 1.97-4.16) for illiterate). DISCUSSION: The prevalence of tobacco use (91%) among construction workers is very high compared to that in the general population. Recognition of construction sites as work places and proper implementation of law is needed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5006328/ /pubmed/27625442 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.188968 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Chest Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Parashar, Mamta Agarwalla, Rashmi Mallik, Praveen Dwivedi, Shridhar Patvagekar, Bilkish Pathak, Rambha Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi |
title | Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi |
title_full | Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi |
title_short | Prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: A cross-sectional study in Delhi |
title_sort | prevalence and correlates of nicotine dependence among construction site workers: a cross-sectional study in delhi |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006328/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27625442 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.188968 |
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