TY - JOUR T1 - A comprehensive look at smoking habits in university hospital staff JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 44 IS - Suppl 58 SP - P4187 AU - Jana Kudelova AU - Michal Poddany AU - Vladimir Koblizek AU - Barbora Novotna AU - Jana Erbenova AU - Barbora Krejcova AU - Karol Kovacic AU - Marie Brezinova AU - Lucie Benesova AU - Zuzana Vackova AU - Zuzana Mareczkova AU - Stanislava Grolmusova AU - Martina Lesna AU - Petra Ulrichova AU - Iva Kucerova AU - Michal Uher Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P4187.abstract N2 - Background Smoking habits of medical staff can affect the smoking behaviour of their patients.Aim To examine the smoking habits of the medical and non-medical staff, and students at a big university hospital in the Czech Republic.Methods A cross-sectional study performed in the frame of the University Hospital in Hradec Kralove (FNHK), carried out through structured face-to-face interviews, conducted by the senior medical students.Results The total number of the interviewed subjects was 3698 (88.9% of all); average age 39.4 years; the sample structure: 9.5% junior medical students, 16.7% doctors, 3,8% other specialists, 38.9% nurses, 6.2% clerks, 24.8% support staff. The proportion of regular, casual, former smokers and non-smokers was 19.4%, 5.9%, 14.7% and 60%. The smoking habits did not exhibit any distinct differences dependent on gender. On the other hand, we found significant differences dependent on the occupational status: students and employees (80% versus 56.7% non-smokers), employees differing in their educational level (76.7% physicians, 54% nurses and 30.1% paramedics were non-smokers), and in the nurses – depending on the night-work claims (non-smokers representing 57.5%, 55.6%, and 47.7% for ambulances, standard departments and intensive care units, respectively). The active smokers exhibited higher (21.6%) occurrence of respiratory symptoms than former smokers (14,6%) and non-smokers (12.7%). The overall inhalation risks in the student group were lower.Conclusions The survey at FNHK revealed that only 57% of the employees were non-smokers. The major factors associated with smoking habits are shift-work and education level. The greater number of non-smokers amongst medical students is promising. ER -