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Prevalence and Factors Influencing Smoking Behavior among Female Inmates in Malaysia

Background: Lately, smoking among adolescents is increasing despite various campaigns to address it being carried out. Previously, this habit was common among men, however, nowadays, smoking has become a habit for women as well. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and its assoc...

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Autores principales: Jusoh, Suharzida, Naing, Nyi Nyi, Wan-Arfah, Nadiah, Hajidah, W.N., Arifin, Wan Nor, Wong, Ling Shing, Djearamane, Sinouvassane, Antony, Anto Cordelia Tanislaus, Saleem, Mohamed, Selvaraj, Siddharthan
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673571
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020203
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author Jusoh, Suharzida
Naing, Nyi Nyi
Wan-Arfah, Nadiah
Hajidah, W.N.
Arifin, Wan Nor
Wong, Ling Shing
Djearamane, Sinouvassane
Antony, Anto Cordelia Tanislaus
Saleem, Mohamed
Selvaraj, Siddharthan
author_facet Jusoh, Suharzida
Naing, Nyi Nyi
Wan-Arfah, Nadiah
Hajidah, W.N.
Arifin, Wan Nor
Wong, Ling Shing
Djearamane, Sinouvassane
Antony, Anto Cordelia Tanislaus
Saleem, Mohamed
Selvaraj, Siddharthan
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description Background: Lately, smoking among adolescents is increasing despite various campaigns to address it being carried out. Previously, this habit was common among men, however, nowadays, smoking has become a habit for women as well. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and its associated factors that influence smoking behavior among women inmates in Kelantan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among women inmates from Pengkalan Chepa Women’s Prison, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. A total of 274 respondents were needed to answer a self-administered questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Multiple Logistic Regression. Results: A total of 183 participants were smokers. Women who were single and divorced had a lower chance of being influenced to smoke compared to married women. Parents with smoking habits were more associated with children who smoked compared to parents who did not smoke. A participant with secondary level education had higher odds of smoking compared to a participant with primary level education. Smoking peers significantly influenced their friends and, therefore, peer practice was a main factor influencing smoking among women inmates. Conclusion: The prevalence of smoking among women inmates in Kelantan was found to be quite high. Religion (majority (90.5%) of women in the study were Muslims; it would be inappropriate to draw conclusion that religion is an influencing factor), marital status, parents’ practice, peer practice and education significantly influenced women inmates to smoke.
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spelling pubmed-98593032023-01-21 Prevalence and Factors Influencing Smoking Behavior among Female Inmates in Malaysia Jusoh, Suharzida Naing, Nyi Nyi Wan-Arfah, Nadiah Hajidah, W.N. Arifin, Wan Nor Wong, Ling Shing Djearamane, Sinouvassane Antony, Anto Cordelia Tanislaus Saleem, Mohamed Selvaraj, Siddharthan Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Lately, smoking among adolescents is increasing despite various campaigns to address it being carried out. Previously, this habit was common among men, however, nowadays, smoking has become a habit for women as well. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and its associated factors that influence smoking behavior among women inmates in Kelantan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among women inmates from Pengkalan Chepa Women’s Prison, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. A total of 274 respondents were needed to answer a self-administered questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Multiple Logistic Regression. Results: A total of 183 participants were smokers. Women who were single and divorced had a lower chance of being influenced to smoke compared to married women. Parents with smoking habits were more associated with children who smoked compared to parents who did not smoke. A participant with secondary level education had higher odds of smoking compared to a participant with primary level education. Smoking peers significantly influenced their friends and, therefore, peer practice was a main factor influencing smoking among women inmates. Conclusion: The prevalence of smoking among women inmates in Kelantan was found to be quite high. Religion (majority (90.5%) of women in the study were Muslims; it would be inappropriate to draw conclusion that religion is an influencing factor), marital status, parents’ practice, peer practice and education significantly influenced women inmates to smoke. MDPI 2023-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9859303/ /pubmed/36673571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020203 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Wong, Ling Shing
Djearamane, Sinouvassane
Antony, Anto Cordelia Tanislaus
Saleem, Mohamed
Selvaraj, Siddharthan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673571
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020203
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