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Pages 267-271 (June 2002)
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Evaluación de una intervención sobre tabaquismo en el medio laboral: experiencia en una empresa con 640 empleados
Evaluation of a workplace anti-smoking program at a company with 640 employees
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Correspondencia: Dra. Isabel Nerín. Departamento de Medicina y Psiquiatría. Facultad de Medicina. Edificio “B”.Domingo Miral, s/n. 50009 Zaragoza
, D. Guillénb, A. Másb, J.A. Nuvialac, M.J. Hernándezd
a Departamento de Medicina y Psiquiatría. Unidad de Tabaquismo. Facultad de Medicina. Zaragoza
b Unidad de Tabaquismo FMZ
c Médico de Nurel, S.A
d Servicio de Medicina Preventiva. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. Zaragoza
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Objetivos

El conocimiento del riesgo que supone para los no fumadores la inhalación de aire contaminado con humo de tabaco ha motivado el desarrollo de intervenciones sobre tabaquismo en el medio laboral, aunque en nuestro entorno son todavía escasas. El objetivo de nuestro estudio es conocer la eficacia de una intervención sobre tabaquismo entre los trabajadores de una empresa, según los cambios existentes en la prevalencia pre y postintervención en el grupo estudiado

Método

Se realizó una encuesta preintervención sobre tabaquismo (prevalencia y actitudes) en una empresa de 640 empleados (el 92% varones y el 8% mujeres); a lo largo de los nueves meses siguientes se desarrolló la intervención dentro de la empresa durante el horario laboral; posterior-mente se repitió la encuesta (postintervención) con el objetivo de evaluar su efectividad basándose en los cambios existentes. Se realizó un estudio de datos apareados en los trabajadores que contestaron ambas encuestas

Resultados

Contestaron la encuesta preintervención 388 empleados (60%), 357 varones (92%), 31 mujeres (8%); edad media, 48,4 (desviación estándar [DE], 9,36). La prevalencia de tabaquismo fue del 55%, incluyendo fumadores a diario, esporádicos y de otras labores de tabaco; media de cigarrillos/día, 17,86 (DE, 2,45); grado de dependencia a la nicotina (test de Fagerström), media, 3,3 (DE, 2,8) sobre 10. Contestaron la encuesta preintervención 206 empleados (el 32% del total); en los trabajadores que contestaron ambas encuestas (83) mediante estudio de datos apareados se observó una disminución de la prevalencia de fumadores del 4% y del número de cigarrillos/día (17,4 preintervención y 16,4 postintervención); estas diferencias no fueron estadísti-camente significativas

Conclusiones

El entorno laboral constituye un medio adecuado, infrautilizado en la actualidad, para realizar intervenciones sobre tabaquismo y contribuir así a mejorar la salud de la población trabajadora

Palabras clave:
Tabaquismo
Cesación tabáquica
Lugar de trabajo
Objectives

Awareness of the health risks of passive smoking for non-smokers has led to the development of work-place interventions for smokers, although they are still few in our setting. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-smoking program among the workers of a company, in function of changes in the pre and post-intervention prevalence of smoking in the study population

Method

A pre-intervention questionnaire on smoking (prevalence and attitudes) was administered at a company with 640 employees (92% men, 8% women). An anti-smoking program was carried out inside the company during working hours over the next nine months. The questionnaire was then repeated (post-intervention) in order to evaluate its efficacy based on changes. For employees who answered both questionnaires, paired variables were analyzed

Results

The pre-intervention questionnaire was answered by 388 employees (60%), 357 men (92%) and 31 women (8%); their mean age was 48.4 years (SD 9.36). The prevalence of smoking was 55%, including daily smokers, sporadic smokers and others. The mean number of cigarettes per day was 17.86 (SD 2.45). The mean level of nicotine dependence measured by the Fagerström test was 3.3 (SD 2.8) out of 10. The post-intervention questionnaire was answered by 206 employees (32%). Among employees who answered both questionnaires (83), analysis of paired data showed a decrease in the prevalence of smoking of 4% and in the number of ci-garettes per day from 17.4 (pre-intervention) to 16.4 (post-intervention). The differences were not statistically significant

Conclusions

Although the workplace is an appropriate setting for anti-smoking interventions that would contribute to improving the health of smokers, such programs are currently underutilized

Keywords:
Smoking
Smoking cessation
Workplace
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