A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population
Objectives: This paper presents an outcome of pharmacist counseling among Malaysian smokers for their awareness of and willingness to quit smoking. Method: It was a cross-sectional study during a 3-day public health campaign at a shopping complex. Each self-referred participant was asked to com...
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iium-87422013-07-31T04:37:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/ A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population Babar, Zaheer-ud-din Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem Sarwar, Wasim Efendie, Benny Pereira, Rosa Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki HA29 Theory and method of social science statistics Objectives: This paper presents an outcome of pharmacist counseling among Malaysian smokers for their awareness of and willingness to quit smoking. Method: It was a cross-sectional study during a 3-day public health campaign at a shopping complex. Each self-referred participant was asked to complete a questionnaire apart from the question regarding improvement, and if any in their awareness and willingness to quit smoking, were asked to respond after counseling. Pharmacists counseled each participant about smoking cessation strategies and smoking related diseases. The data were analyzed by v2 test. Results: Among respondents, 25.5% had been smoking for more than 10 years, 31% for 5–10 years, 25.4% for 2–5 years and 18.3% for 1–2 years. The participants declaring no awareness about smoking were 22.9%, with little awareness 44.3%, having moderate awareness 25.7% and with considerable awareness were 7.1%. After counseling, 4.1% revealed unawareness, 17.8% little awareness, 43.8% moderate and 34.2% had considerable awareness on the above aspects. The post counseling awareness on smoking was observed to be significantly higher (P<0.01). Among smokers studied, 67% showed willingness to quit smoking. Conclusion: Increase in awareness of and willingness to quit smoking reflects SpringerLink 2007-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/1/9._PWSci.pdf Babar, Zaheer-ud-din and Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem and Sarwar, Wasim and Efendie, Benny and Pereira, Rosa and Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki (2007) A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population. Pharmacy World Science, 29 (3). pp. 101-103. ISSN 1096-005 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11096-005-2905-4 10.1007/s11096-005-2905-4 |
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HA29 Theory and method of social science statistics Babar, Zaheer-ud-din Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem Sarwar, Wasim Efendie, Benny Pereira, Rosa Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population |
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Objectives: This paper presents an outcome
of pharmacist counseling among Malaysian smokers
for their awareness of and willingness to quit smoking.
Method: It was a cross-sectional study during a
3-day public health campaign at a shopping complex.
Each self-referred participant was asked to complete a
questionnaire apart from the question regarding
improvement, and if any in their awareness and
willingness to quit smoking, were asked to respond
after counseling. Pharmacists counseled each participant
about smoking cessation strategies and smoking
related diseases. The data were analyzed by v2 test.
Results: Among respondents, 25.5% had been smoking
for more than 10 years, 31% for 5–10 years,
25.4% for 2–5 years and 18.3% for 1–2 years. The
participants declaring no awareness about smoking
were 22.9%, with little awareness 44.3%, having
moderate awareness 25.7% and with considerable
awareness were 7.1%. After counseling, 4.1%
revealed unawareness, 17.8% little awareness, 43.8%
moderate and 34.2% had considerable awareness on
the above aspects. The post counseling awareness on
smoking was observed to be significantly higher
(P<0.01). Among smokers studied, 67% showed
willingness to quit smoking. Conclusion: Increase in
awareness of and willingness to quit smoking reflects |
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Babar, Zaheer-ud-din Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem Sarwar, Wasim Efendie, Benny Pereira, Rosa Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki |
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Babar, Zaheer-ud-din Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem Sarwar, Wasim Efendie, Benny Pereira, Rosa Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki |
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Babar, Zaheer-ud-din |
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A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population |
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A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population |
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A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population |
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A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population |
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A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population |
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preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in malaysian population |
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