Abstract
Purpose To analyze the determinants of tobacco smoking addiction in rural areas. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on February 2020. The self-administered questionnaire (α = 0.908) and Perceived Stress Scale–10 were used as tobacco smoking determinants and the WHO ASSIST questionnaire V3.0 to determine its addiction risk. Their correlations were analyzed by Spearman's rank-order approach using the SPSS version 23.0. Results Among 75 male respondents that participated in this study, those on low, moderate, and high addiction risk were 45 (60.00%), 23 (30.67%), and 7 (9.33%), respectively, and significantly correlated with the research questionnaire that consisted three parts: 1. awareness toward the health risk; 2. social control; 3. mass media role in tobacco smoking (p=0.014, 0.004, and 0.009 respectively), but there was no significant correlation with the stress level (p=0.287). Conclusion Increased awareness toward the health risk, good social control, and mass media reporting the danger of tobacco smoking is significantly in correlation with the decreased addiction in rural areas. However, the high perceived stress has no correlation with its increase.
Highlights
Indonesia is the world’s 4th most populous country, where 43.3% of its population lives in rural areas, and smoking remains as a health problem in this nation [1]
Tobacco addiction is an Indonesian public health issue, with a steady rising of the incidence and the increasing mortality rate because cardiovascular diseases are associated with the high prevalence addiction of tobacco smoking
Previous studies show that smoking is more prevalent among men than women in rural areas [2,15]. e preliminary survey found out that no female smoker was recorded in Songgon district; only male respondents were recruited to participate
Summary
Indonesia is the world’s 4th most populous country, where 43.3% of its population lives in rural areas, and smoking remains as a health problem in this nation [1]. Several studies have outlined the causes of smoking behaviour such as lack of knowledge, socioeconomic factors, information through media, and stress or negative life-related events [8,9,10,11]. Majority of those studies were conducted in urban areas. Erefore, this study aims to analyze the determinants of tobacco smoking addiction in rural areas. E respondents were male local villagers aged 15 year old and above It was conducted under the Community Medicine education training program and organized by the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, on a one-week period. Details that might disclose the identity of the respondents were omitted
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