Open AccessStudent Nurses’ Exposure to Passive Smoking at a Community in Eastern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Udi Oa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2348-795X
pISSN - 2348-6848
DOI - 10.26643/ijr/v6i4/146-149
Subject(s) - passive smoking , descriptive statistics , medicine , environmental health , statistic , accidental sampling , multistage sampling , government (linguistics) , descriptive research , accidental , community health , protocol (science) , nursing , public health , alternative medicine , population , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , physics , mathematics , pathology , acoustics
The prevalence of passive smoking is becoming a concern. The aim of this study is to determine the proportion of respondents that are passive smokers.A descriptive study was conducted among student nurses living at a community in Eastern Nigeria. A total of 160 student Nurses were selected using accidental sampling method. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire. The study protocol was reviewed and approved before the actual study. A total of 160 student nurses completed the questionnaire while all (100%) administered copies were suitable for analysis. Descriptive statistic was used to analyze data. Findings from the study revealed that 62% of the respondents live around passive smokers, 43.1% inhale smoke from cigarette while 70% were of the opinion that passive smoking aggravates health status of patients. In conclusion, smoking ban should be effectively enforced by the government and its agencies in order to maintain a healthy society and nation.