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Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia

INTRODUCTION: The aim of our study was to explore the major non-communicable risk factors (unhealthy diet, sedentarily, alcohol consumption) of smokers and nonsmokers in workplaces. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was derived from an initial assessment in workplaces which was part of a community-ba...

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Autores principales: Sonia, Hmad, Jihene, Maatoug, Imed, Harrabi, Rim, Ghammem, Mylene, Belkacem, Mounir, Saadi, Souad, Amimi, Khaoula, Knani, Mustafa, Al’Absi, Harry, Lando, Najib, Mrizak, Hassen, Ghannem
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27800075
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.220.7163
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author Sonia, Hmad
Jihene, Maatoug
Imed, Harrabi
Rim, Ghammem
Mylene, Belkacem
Mounir, Saadi
Souad, Amimi
Khaoula, Knani
Mustafa, Al’Absi
Harry, Lando
Najib, Mrizak
Hassen, Ghannem
author_facet Sonia, Hmad
Jihene, Maatoug
Imed, Harrabi
Rim, Ghammem
Mylene, Belkacem
Mounir, Saadi
Souad, Amimi
Khaoula, Knani
Mustafa, Al’Absi
Harry, Lando
Najib, Mrizak
Hassen, Ghannem
author_sort Sonia, Hmad
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description INTRODUCTION: The aim of our study was to explore the major non-communicable risk factors (unhealthy diet, sedentarily, alcohol consumption) of smokers and nonsmokers in workplaces. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was derived from an initial assessment in workplaces which was part of a community-based intervention to prevent chronic disease risk factors conducted in 2009 in the region of Sousse, Tunisia. The surveyed subjects were employees in six factories spread across three delegations in the region. Overall, 1770 of 2250 employees participated in the assessment. In this study, the clustering of non-communicable diseases risk factors with smoking habits was made only for male employees including in this study 1099 among 2250. Data were collected at worksites by a questionnaire, via interview or self-report. The main items assessed socio-demographics characteristics, smoking status, eating habits, level of physical activity and alcohol use of the participants. RESULTS: The percentage of male smokers was 54.0%(n=594). Their average age of daily smoking initiation was 19.22 (±4.24 years). The percentage of male smokers consuming 5 fruits and vegetables per day was significantly lower than nonsmokers (57.2% vs 63.5%, p=0.04). The proportion of male smokers consuming alcohol was about three times that of nonsmokers (16.5% vs 5.8%, p=0.001). The proportion of male employees who agree with anti-smoking laws in work places was higher for nonsmokers than for smokers. CONCLUSION: A strong association existed between smoking and risky lifestyles factors in the work place. Such findings are potentially useful in directing intervention efforts regarding smoking cessation in occupational settings.
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spelling pubmed-50754482016-10-31 Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia Sonia, Hmad Jihene, Maatoug Imed, Harrabi Rim, Ghammem Mylene, Belkacem Mounir, Saadi Souad, Amimi Khaoula, Knani Mustafa, Al’Absi Harry, Lando Najib, Mrizak Hassen, Ghannem Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: The aim of our study was to explore the major non-communicable risk factors (unhealthy diet, sedentarily, alcohol consumption) of smokers and nonsmokers in workplaces. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was derived from an initial assessment in workplaces which was part of a community-based intervention to prevent chronic disease risk factors conducted in 2009 in the region of Sousse, Tunisia. The surveyed subjects were employees in six factories spread across three delegations in the region. Overall, 1770 of 2250 employees participated in the assessment. In this study, the clustering of non-communicable diseases risk factors with smoking habits was made only for male employees including in this study 1099 among 2250. Data were collected at worksites by a questionnaire, via interview or self-report. The main items assessed socio-demographics characteristics, smoking status, eating habits, level of physical activity and alcohol use of the participants. RESULTS: The percentage of male smokers was 54.0%(n=594). Their average age of daily smoking initiation was 19.22 (±4.24 years). The percentage of male smokers consuming 5 fruits and vegetables per day was significantly lower than nonsmokers (57.2% vs 63.5%, p=0.04). The proportion of male smokers consuming alcohol was about three times that of nonsmokers (16.5% vs 5.8%, p=0.001). The proportion of male employees who agree with anti-smoking laws in work places was higher for nonsmokers than for smokers. CONCLUSION: A strong association existed between smoking and risky lifestyles factors in the work place. Such findings are potentially useful in directing intervention efforts regarding smoking cessation in occupational settings. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5075448/ /pubmed/27800075 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.220.7163 Text en © Hmad Sonia et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
Sonia, Hmad
Jihene, Maatoug
Imed, Harrabi
Rim, Ghammem
Mylene, Belkacem
Mounir, Saadi
Souad, Amimi
Khaoula, Knani
Mustafa, Al’Absi
Harry, Lando
Najib, Mrizak
Hassen, Ghannem
Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia
title Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia
title_full Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia
title_fullStr Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia
title_short Clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in Sousse, Tunisia
title_sort clustering of chronic disease risk factors with tobacco smoking habits among adults in the work place in sousse, tunisia
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27800075
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.220.7163
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