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Nurses smoking as one of important risk factors of this profession
Drozdová, Radomila ; Kebza, Vladimír (advisor) ; Hrubá, Drahoslava (referee) ; Králíková, Eva (referee)
Smoking is a serious problem for all of society. Smoking by healthcare workers, in particular, is an even more serious problem as it affects those who are responsible for helping others quit smoking and for educating the general population regarding the consequences of smoking. It is generally accepted that if a person cannot cope with their own problems, they will have difficulties helping others cope with similar problems. This is equally true for nicotine addiction. Why do so many nurses smoke? It is not logical for nurses, smoke more than other professional groups (39% of 337 respondents) and women (about 25%). At the time of the study (2005) 75% of nurses' who smoked, smoked while at work; managers tolerated this behavior and sometimes even smoked with the nurses. This is alarming since it presents a problem of professional ethics. Occasional smokers state that, while at work, they most often have a cigarette with a cup of coffee. Most smokers report that they smoke mainly in the company of others (62.5%). Half of smokers associate smoking with drinking coffee, they also claim that smoking relaxes them (44.5%) and helps them deal with stressful situations at work. Most nurses who smoke show signs of social nicotine addiction. It has been shown that current smokers started experimenting with cigarettes...
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Risk factors for lung cancer
Pauk, Norbert ; Zatloukal, Petr (advisor) ; Králíková, Eva (referee) ; Malý, Marek (referee) ; Molnár, Vladimír (referee)
The objective of the fi rst part of the thesis was to estimate risk and protective factors on lung cancer risk in females, especially to study the differences in the impact of diet and physical exercise on lung cancer risk in female nonsmokers vs. smokers, and reveal interactions, if any. In a hospital based case-control study, data collected by in-person interviews from 569 female lung cancer cases and 2120 controls were analyzed using unconditional logistic regression stratifying by appropriate factors. To investigate the role of tobacco and some other known or suspected factors responsible for the risk of developing adenocarcinoma of the lung, and to compare with other cell types (squamous-, small- and large-cell cancers) in Czech women, we conducted a case-control study, this is described as a second part of the thesis. Data collected by personal interviews from 145 cases of adenocarcinoma of the lung, 221 lung cancer cases of other cell types, and 1624 controls were analyzed using unconditional logistic regression.
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Problematics of the Nicotine Dependence
Kroniková, Lenka ; Mellanová, Alena (advisor) ; Králíková, Eva (referee)
This work takes as an aim to analyse the contemporary situation of nicotinism in Karlovy Vary region. The smoking presents a serious social problem at the present times for leading to many premature deaths, and to the sequence of serious disorders. The introducing part of the work deals with the theoretical knowledge of the nicotine dependence, and its efficiency for human organism, its medication as well as the prevention. The research part finds the bearings of the nicotinism prevalence in the population Karlovy Vary region of the at the age of 15 up to more years. This study compares the nicotinism situation of Karlovy Vary region with the one in Czech Republic.
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