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Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors
BACKGROUND: All over the globe shisha smoking is fast growing among different age brackets. Shisha use has been reported to be increasing among youths in African major cities. Its use is documented to result in health effects such as lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, periodonta...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29884163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5596-1 |
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author | Omotehinwa, Omoboriowo Joad Japheths, Ogendi Damascene, Iyamuremye Jean Habtu, Michael |
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description | BACKGROUND: All over the globe shisha smoking is fast growing among different age brackets. Shisha use has been reported to be increasing among youths in African major cities. Its use is documented to result in health effects such as lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, periodontal diseases, keratoacanthoma which are also associated with cigarette smoking. In Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, reports indicate that shisha use is increasing among the youths, particularly the university students. The study aimed at determining the prevalence, and establishing factors associated with shisha use among students in a university in Kigali Rwanda, which will be a significant step in stemming shisha fame among youths in Rwanda as there was no previously documented evidence-based study. METHODS: A total of 427 students were selected for this cross-sectional study using stratified sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data on shisha use, knowledge about shisha, attitude towards shisha, and factors associated with use of shisha. The association between the independent variables and shisha use was assessed using chi-square p value < 0.05. Binary logistic regression was used to determine variables that were independently associated with shisha smoking. RESULTS: Prevalence of ever smoking shisha among the university students was 26.1% and that of those that smoked in the last month (30 days) was 20.8%. About 40 % (39.9%) of the participants that had heard about shisha before demonstrated low level of knowledge, and 41.6% of these reported shisha use in the last 30 days. Logistic regression revealed that the followings were independently associated with shisha smoking: always drink alcohol (p = 0.003); drink alcohol occasionally (p = 0.045); having friend(s) who smoke shisha (p = 0.001); being aware of shisha’s availability in cafes, bars and restaurants in Kigali (p = 0.022); positive attitude towards shisha smoking (p < 0.001) and participants with age < 20 years (p = 0.039). CONCLUSIONS: There is a relative high prevalence of shisha smoking and a poor knowledge about its impact on health among these university students. Regular medical education and health promotion targeting the youths could improve knowledge and practices about shisha use. Shisha laws and regulations should be enacted, and fines imposed on individuals or group who flout them. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-018-5596-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-59940552018-06-21 Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors Omotehinwa, Omoboriowo Joad Japheths, Ogendi Damascene, Iyamuremye Jean Habtu, Michael BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: All over the globe shisha smoking is fast growing among different age brackets. Shisha use has been reported to be increasing among youths in African major cities. Its use is documented to result in health effects such as lung cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, periodontal diseases, keratoacanthoma which are also associated with cigarette smoking. In Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, reports indicate that shisha use is increasing among the youths, particularly the university students. The study aimed at determining the prevalence, and establishing factors associated with shisha use among students in a university in Kigali Rwanda, which will be a significant step in stemming shisha fame among youths in Rwanda as there was no previously documented evidence-based study. METHODS: A total of 427 students were selected for this cross-sectional study using stratified sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect data on shisha use, knowledge about shisha, attitude towards shisha, and factors associated with use of shisha. The association between the independent variables and shisha use was assessed using chi-square p value < 0.05. Binary logistic regression was used to determine variables that were independently associated with shisha smoking. RESULTS: Prevalence of ever smoking shisha among the university students was 26.1% and that of those that smoked in the last month (30 days) was 20.8%. About 40 % (39.9%) of the participants that had heard about shisha before demonstrated low level of knowledge, and 41.6% of these reported shisha use in the last 30 days. Logistic regression revealed that the followings were independently associated with shisha smoking: always drink alcohol (p = 0.003); drink alcohol occasionally (p = 0.045); having friend(s) who smoke shisha (p = 0.001); being aware of shisha’s availability in cafes, bars and restaurants in Kigali (p = 0.022); positive attitude towards shisha smoking (p < 0.001) and participants with age < 20 years (p = 0.039). CONCLUSIONS: There is a relative high prevalence of shisha smoking and a poor knowledge about its impact on health among these university students. Regular medical education and health promotion targeting the youths could improve knowledge and practices about shisha use. Shisha laws and regulations should be enacted, and fines imposed on individuals or group who flout them. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-018-5596-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2018-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5994055/ /pubmed/29884163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5596-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Omotehinwa, Omoboriowo Joad Japheths, Ogendi Damascene, Iyamuremye Jean Habtu, Michael Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
title | Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
title_full | Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
title_fullStr | Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
title_short | Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
title_sort | shisha use among students in a private university in kigali city, rwanda: prevalence and associated factors |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29884163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5596-1 |
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