Anonymous Questionnaire and Cotinine Test as Smoking Prevalence Screening
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.220103.031How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- cotinine test; smoking prevalence; screening; anonymous questionnaire; Sakha; Yakutia
- Abstract
The article presents the prevalence of tobacco smoking based on the results of the anonymous questionnaire and cotinine test. Tobacco use is a major risk factor for a range of chronic diseases, including cancer, lung disease and cardiovascular disease. It has been proven that the respiratory system (larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs) is more affected by regular nicotine intake. That is why almost every smoker has problems with the lungs, bronchi or trachea. The aim of the research was to study the prevalence of smoking among teenagers of Yakutsk according to two methods – questionnaire and cotinine test. The study was conducted on a representative sample of schoolchildren in Yakutsk using a random number generator, 5 schools were selected from the list of all secondary schools. 931 in 8–11 grades between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were invited to participate voluntarily in the questionnaire. Boys were 57.3 %, girls – 42.7 %. The prevalence of tobacco smoking among adolescents 13–17 years old in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) according to the rapid test for cotinin, the definition of carbon monoxide was 33.6 % (among boys 31.2 %, among girls 37.0 %). This is significantly (2.5 times) higher than the anonymous questionnaire. We need Integrative approaches, combining both preventive and special programs using age-appropriate modern rehabilitation methods to prevent smoking among teenagers.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
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TY - CONF AU - Tatyana I. Nikiforova AU - Maria V. Khandy PY - 2022 DA - 2022/01/17 TI - Anonymous Questionnaire and Cotinine Test as Smoking Prevalence Screening BT - Proceedings of the Conference on Health and Wellbeing in Modern Society (CHW 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 153 EP - 157 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220103.031 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220103.031 ID - Nikiforova2022 ER -