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Drug use, smoking, alcohol abuse and assertiveness of medical students from Poland and Belarus

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Kułak-Bejda A., Waszkiewicz N., Shpakau A., Bejda G., Dróżdż-Kubicka E.

Progress in Health Sciences

2018

vol. 8(2)

62-69

Introduction: Human health is largely determined by factors such as human behavior and style of life. Purpose: To evaluate selected patterns of behavior of medical students, such as smoking, alcohol abuse, drug use, and their assertiveness. Materials and methods: The study included 338 students from Bialystok, Poland, and 339 from Grodno, Belarus. The original questionnaire, Fasterström's Nicotine Addiction Test, Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test, Drug Use Problem Test, and Assertiveness Test according to Grębski were all used. Results: In both groups, the level of cigarette dependence was low, with 10% of the students from Poland and 15% from Belarus being habitual cigarette smokers. No significant differences were found in the frequency of alcohol consumption between Polish (57%) and Belarusian (52%) students. Of the respondents, 3.3% from Poland and 1.5% from Belarus met the criteria of alcohol dependence according to the MAST test. There were no statistically significant differences in the frequency of drug use between the Polish (1.5%) and Belarusian (1.8%) students. The average level of assertiveness was 16.2 for Polish students and 15.4 for Belarusian students, which was a significant difference. Conclusions: These results indicate similar percentages of Polish and Belarusian students smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and use drugs. In addition, Polish students were more assertive than Belarusian students.

Nurses’ knowledge on the assessment of alcohol consumption and smoking and its effect on blood pressure

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Grabowska H., Narkiewicz K.

Progress in Health Sciences

2013

vol. 3

issue 2

130-136

Introduction: Excessive alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of hypertension and the incidence of cardiovascular disease. Nurses have a unique opportunity to help patients who smoke and consume alcohol at a risky level, not requiring a specialist, which may contribute to a reduction in blood pressure (BP), as well as providing more health benefits. The aim of the study was to evaluate the knowledge of nurses on how to assess the consumption of alcohol and smoking and their effect on BP. Material and methods: The study included 1,108 participants (W-1,089, M-19, aged 21-60, 0-37 years of work experience). The study was conducted in 2007-2009 using the diagnostic survey method and achievement tests. Results: Alcohol assessment methods were correctly indicated by 13.4% of respondents, while the correct interpretation of a standard unit of alcohol was made by 35.8% of respondents. The Fagerström Test was known only to 13.2% of respondents. The effects of alcohol and smoking on BP values were known to most subjects. The youngest participants, nursing graduates, were significantly more likely to have made the correct indication. Conclusions: Overall, knowledge of how to assess alcohol consumption and smoking allowing minimal intervention to take place in the group of nurses studied was relatively low. Significantly more correct indications were made by the youngest respondents, those who were not married and nursing graduates. It seems reasonable to popularize methods for identifying the risk of hypertension associated with alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking in postgraduate nursing education.

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Drug use, smoking, alcohol abuse and assertiveness of medical students from Poland and Belarus

Nurses’ knowledge on the assessment of alcohol consumption and smoking and its effect on blood pressure