Consumo de tabaco en el centro de salud Venezuela

Abstract

Abstract:Tobacco use constitutes a risk for the development of chronic diseases, considered a preventable cause of death. For this reason, the objective of the proposed research was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention strategy to reduce tobacco consumption in patients from the Venezuela health center. A quasi-experimental study was developed, in a population of 132 smokers evaluated using the C4 questionnaire and 29 of them participated for 6 months. Sociodemographic and consumption variables were described; effectiveness was evaluated with the Wilcoxon test. Of the results obtained, 76.5% were male, the mean age was 39.6 years, those with medium schooling, workers, singles, mestizos, those with a moderate level of consumption and heavy smokers predominated. At the end of the intervention, variations in the level of tobacco consumption were achieved, with the majority being light smokers with 60.7% and one quitting smoking. Being the intervention strategy effective and statistically significant.