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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Babar, Zaheer-ud-din, Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem, Sarwar, Wasim, Efendie, Benny, Pereira, Rosa, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerLink 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/1/9._PWSci.pdf
id iium-8742
recordtype eprints
spelling 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
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic HA29 Theory and method of social science statistics
spellingShingle 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
description 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
format Article
author Babar, Zaheer-ud-din
Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem
Sarwar, Wasim
Efendie, Benny
Pereira, Rosa
Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
author_facet Babar, Zaheer-ud-din
Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem
Sarwar, Wasim
Efendie, Benny
Pereira, Rosa
Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
author_sort Babar, Zaheer-ud-din
title A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population
title_short A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population
title_full A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population
title_fullStr A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population
title_sort preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in malaysian population
publisher SpringerLink
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/8742/1/9._PWSci.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T20:18:32Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T20:18:32Z
_version_ 1777407951351316480