Predictors of Beliefs About Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke Among Adult Individuals

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 96 - 102

Handan Terzi , Ebru Sönmez Sarı

https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1636394

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the predictors of the beliefs about thirdhand tobacco smoke among adult individuals.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of community-dwelling adult individuals living in Türkiye (n=835). The data were collected via a questionnaire and the Beliefs about Thirdhand Smoke Scale between June 10th-July 31st, 2021. The data were analyzed via IBM SPSS v.25.0. Descriptive statistics, student t-test, Mann-Whitney U, One-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis were used to present the data. The statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05.
Results: The mean age was 29.10±9.76, 74.9% were women, 64.8% were homeowners, and 85.3% had not heard about thirdhand smoke before. The total mean score of the Beliefs about Thirdhand Smoke Scale was 4.30±0.64. The total mean score of the Beliefs about Thirdhand Smoke Scale was higher in women, those who were rural residents, who had pre-knowledge about thirdhand smoke, who were non-smokers, who preferred not to be in a smoking-allowed-place, and those who entirely banned smoking in their homes (R2= 0.079, F=7.064, p<0.001).
Conclusions: Beliefs about thirdhand smoke among adult individuals were strong. The results of this study will contribute to the studies to be conducted to increase the motivation of community-dwelling adult individuals to quit smoking. Experimental studies should be performed to increase the knowledge and awareness of adults by determining their beliefs about thirdhand smoke.

Keywords

Community-based participatory research, environmental smoke pollution, passive smoking, primary care nursing, Tobacco smoke pollution

Ethical Statement

It was gathered an ethical approval from the Ufuk University’s Ethics Board (Approval number: 2021-55/Date: 09.06.2021) for conducting the research.

Supporting Institution

None.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank all adult individuals for their voluntary participation and valuable contributions to this study.

Yetişkin Bireylerin Üçüncü El Tütün Dumanına Yönelik İnanışları ve Etkileyen Faktörler

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma yetişkin bireylerin üçüncü el tütün dumanına yönelik inanışlarını ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Materyal ve Metot: Kesitsel tipteki araştırmanın örneklemi, Türkiye’de toplumda yaşayan yetişkin bireylerden oluşturuldu (n=835) Veriler, 10 Haziran-31 Temmuz 2021 tarihleri arasında anket formu ve Üçüncü El Dumana Yönelik İnançlar Ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı. Veriler, IBM SPSS v.25.0 programında tanımlayıcı istatistikler, karşılaştırmalı analizler ve çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi kullanılarak test edildi. İstatistiksel anlamlılık düzeyi p<0,05 kabul edildi.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 29,10±9,76 olup, %74,9’unun kadın, %64,8'inin ev sahibi ve %85,3'ünün üçüncü el duman kavramını daha önce duymadıkları belirlendi. Üçüncü El Dumana Yönelik İnançlar Ölçeği'nin toplam puan ortalamasının 4,30±0,64 olduğu bulundu. Kadınların, kırsal bölgede yaşayanların, üçüncü el duman kavramını daha önce duyanların, sigara içmeyenlerin, sigara içilmesine izin verilen yerlerde bulunmayı tercih etmeyenlerin ve evlerinde sigara içilmesi tamamen yasak olan yetişkin bireylerin Üçüncü El Dumana Yönelik İnançlar Ölçeği'nin toplam puan ortalamasının daha yüksek olduğu belirlendi (R2= 0,079; F=7,064; p<0,001).
Sonuç: Yetişkin bireylerin üçüncü el dumana ilişkin inanç düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu belirlendi. Çalışma sonuçlarının, toplumda yaşayan yetişkin bireylerin sigarayı bırakma motivasyonunu artırmak için yapılacak çalışmalara katkıda bulunacağı düşünülmektedir. Yetişkinlerin üçüncü el dumana ilişkin inançlarının belirlenerek bilgi ve farkındalıklarını artırmaya yönelik deneysel çalışmaların yapılması önerilir.

Keywords

Birinci basamak hemşirelik hizmetleri, çevresel tütün dumanı kirliliği, edilgen sigara içimi, sigara dumanı kirliliği, toplum tabanlı katılımcı araştırma

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