Prevalence of exposure and respiratory effects of second hand smoke and its associated factors among household members in Felda Raja Alias, Negeri Sembilan

Ch'ng, Vince Khai Shen and Ismail, Siti Katijah and Roselan, Hazwany Alyah (2013) Prevalence of exposure and respiratory effects of second hand smoke and its associated factors among household members in Felda Raja Alias, Negeri Sembilan. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

A second year (Package 11) project dissertation. Project paper (Doctor of Medicine (MD)) - Universiti Puta Malaysia, 2013. Introduction Second-hand Smoke (SHS) has been proven to have association with adverse health outcome such as chronic cough, phlegm and wheezing. Second-hand smoke is also known as environmental tobacco smoke. SHS consist of side stream smoke that is smoke from lighted cigarette and mainstream smoke that is smoke exhaled by smoker. Objectives A cross sectional study was conducted in FELDA Raja Alias Negeri Sembilan to determine the prevalence of exposure and respiratory effects of second-hand smoke and its association factors. Methods Self-administered questionnaire was used in this study to obtain information on socio-demographic factors, place of exposure and presence of respiratory effects related to second-hand smoke. The data were analysed by using SPSS version 21. Result Based from the results from 320 respondents, the exposure to SHS are 239 (74.7%) at home, 223 (69.7%) at workplace, 302 (94.4%) at public place and 284 (88.8%) at transportation. The results for respiratory effects associated with SHS are 70 (21.9%) reported having cough, 68 (21.3%) reported having phlegm, 24 (7.5%) reported with wheezing and 22 (6.9%) of them reported having other respiratory diseases. There is significant association between gender and exposure to SHS at public place (p=0.041) and workplace (p=0.001), and also between educational level and exposure to SHS at workplace (p=0.041). Conclusion The prevalence of exposure to SHS are 74.7% at home, 69.7% at workplace, 94.4% at public place and 88.8% at transportation. There is significant association between gender and exposure to SHS at public place and workplace, and also between educational level and exposure to SHS at workplace. The highest exposure at work place type is farm, while for public place is restaurant and car for transportation. Keywords prevalence, second hand smoke, respiratory effects, household members

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Nabilah Rozali
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2022 07:55
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2022 07:55
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/143

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