Prevalence of smoking among Czech children
Authors:
L. Hodačová 1; E. Čermáková 2; J. Šmejkalová 3; E. Hlaváčková 4; M. Kalman 5
Authors‘ workplace:
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Ústav sociálního lékařství, Přednosta: doc. MUDr. Svatopluk Býma, CSc.
1; Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Oddělení výpočetní techniky, Vedoucí: Ing. Jiří Špulák
2; Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Ústav hygieny a preventivního lékařství, Přednosta: prof. Ing. Zdeněk Fiala, CSc.
3; Univerzita Pardubice, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, Katedra klinických oborů, Vedoucí: Mgr. Eva Hlaváčková, Ph. D.
4; Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Fakulta tělesné kultury, Katedra rekreologie, Vedoucí: Mgr. Zdeněk Hamřík, Ph. D.
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Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2015; 95(4): 148-153
Category:
Of different specialties
Overview
Objectives:
The aim of our paper was to monitor the prevalence of smoking and to analyse the relation among chosen family indicators and smoking in a representative sample of Czech children.
Methods:
A total number of 4.328 children aged 11, 13 and 15 years out of 88 randomly selected schools in the Czech Republic formed the study population. The data were obtained within the WHO study „The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: A WHO Cross National Study“ (HBSC) in June 2010 by means of standardized questionnaires. Statistical analysis was performed using the NCSS 2007 program.
Results:
Regular smoking (at least once a week) was reported by 1.6% of children aged 11, 9.7% of children aged 13 and 24.4% of children aged fifteen. Differences between age groups were statistically significant at p < 0.001. In terms of gender, significant association (p < 0.05) was found only in children aged 15, to the detriment of girls. Formal structure of family was found to be significantly associated (p < 0.001) with smoking. Regular smoking was reported least frequently by children from complete families and most frequently by children living without parents. Neither the amount of time spent together with a family nor the quality of communication with parents were found to have significant effect on smoking.
Conclusions:
The prevalence of regular smokers among Czech children is high. It is important to direct the attention to the primary prevention to decrease the amount of smokers.
Keywords:
smoking – family – HBSC study – children – Czech Republic
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