Abstract

TAMAYO CABALLERO, Carlos; ALEJO POCOMA, Jimmy L  and  CHAMBI HUANACO, Ivar. Relationship between stress and smoking habits, city of La Paz Bolivia, 2014. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2015, vol.56, n.1, pp.27-35. ISSN 1562-6776.

Research question.- What is the profile of tobacco consumption and stress in personnel of the healt sector? Goal.- Describe the characteristics of tobacco consuming in personnel of the health sector related to perceived stress, by the variables of age, sex. Method.- Analytical observational cross-sectional research, observational research. Results.- The results show that an important difference between occupation of physician practices, medical services are those in stress condition at a rate of 48.8%. The prevalence of smoking among health personnel is 26.9% (CI 24.4 to 29.4), with a higher prevalence in males with 30.87 (CI 26.9 -34.9), considering the prevalence of exposure was highest in women with 57,99% (CI 55.2 to 60.08). Probabilistic dependence on the condition of stress and smoking with chi2 test = 7.06 p = 0.008 value, indicating a level of significant association between stress and smoking was determined. People under stress have 1.4 times more likely to have smoking than those who are under stress (RMP = 1.4 CI 1.09 -1.81). 14% of cases of people with smoking could be prevented if people were not stressed. It could prevent 29.1%of the cases of smoking if the people who are under stress come out of this condition. Conclusions.- It was established that there is a high prevalence of tobacco on health personnel, linked to stress. The difference in terms of smoking and stress valued by gender and occupation is evident

Keywords : stress; tobacco; smoking habits.

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