Knowledge and practices of tobacco dependence treatment among junior doctors in a Malaysian teaching hospital

Amer Nordin, A.S. and Mohd Hairi, F. and Bullen, C. and Mohd Sobri, M.K. (2014) Knowledge and practices of tobacco dependence treatment among junior doctors in a Malaysian teaching hospital. Journal of Smoking Cessation. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1834-2612,

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Abstract

Introduction: Junior doctors are ideally placed to assist smokers quit yet little is known about their knowledge and practices. Aims: To determine knowledge and practices in providing smoking cessation support, among junior doctors in a Malaysian teaching hospital. Methods: In 2012, all junior doctors at University Malaya Medical Centre were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire. The data were collated and analysed using standard descriptive methods. Results/Findings: Seventy per cent (n = 122/173) of those eligible completed the questionnaire, 71 reporting cessation training at medical school. Most (90) asked patients their smoking status but only 52 asked about quitting. Sixty-one per cent lacked confidence in providing assistance to quit, especially female doctors (70.8, p<0.01). Most (80) were unaware of local cessation clinics, and over half (59) were unaware of the existence of guidelines for smoking cessation (p<0.001). Conclusions: Asking about smoking was undertaken at satisfactory levels, but low knowledge, confidence and skills among this group of junior doctors indicates that cessation education should be included in undergraduate and in postgraduate curriculum training programmes. Awareness of specialist services and guidelines should be raised. Our findings are unlikely to be unique to this hospital, suggesting the need for a nationally consistent approach.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:	Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA---Doi:10.1017/jsc.2014.8
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Psychological Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Haslinda Lahuddin
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2014 04:49
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2014 04:49
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/11061

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