Abstract
Objectives
This study was done to investigate popularity, awareness, perceptions, and motivations regarding water pipe smoking (WPS) among medical sciences students in 2017.
Methods
This cross sectional study was done among 385 medical sciences student in 2017.The systematic random sampling was used to recruit subjects. Multidimensional questionnaire (demographic characteristics, awareness, perceptions, action, and water pipe motivators) was used. t-test, ANOVA, X2, and logistic regression was used to analyze the data by SPSS.
Results
The mean ages of participants were 22 ± 2.64 and 89% were male. The majority of the study sample was from health school. Most participants reported having smoked before. Family entertainment was found to be the most common motivator for WPS. The second one was to be fun. WPS use was significantly associated with age (odds ratio [OR], 0.17; 95% Confidence Interval [CI], 0.04–0.61); awareness (OR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.35–1.78); and perception (OR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.65–0.78).
Conclusions
Results show that WPS is very popular among Iranian youth. In designing public health programs, policy makers should consider the motivators for inclination to WPS. Intervention should focus on addressing students' perception and awareness regarding WPS.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Hadieh Golami and Fatemeh Emaeli Delshad for their work in data gathering, and all participants who took part in the study. I also appreciate the help of Professor S. Justin Vyor from USA for their English language editing on this piece.
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Funding: No funding.
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Authors Contribution: LS: Design the study, conducted the study, writed the manuscript and approved the final version of manuscript.
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Conflict of interest: The authors declared there is not any conflict of interest.
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Ethical consideration: Ethical approval was obtained from the Alborz University of Medical Sciences (Ethical Code: IR.ABZUMS.REC.1398.247). All participants informed regarding aims and methods of the study. Participating in the study was volunteer; all participations were assured regarding their privacy.
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