Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena

Background: Smoking is one of the main causes of death among adults worldwide. Aim: To characterize smoking among Chilean older people, according to sociodemographic and clinical variables. Material and Methods: Secondary analysis of data obtained during the National Health Survey 2009-10, select...

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Autores principales:	Vidal,Cristina, Padilla,Oslando, Bambs,Claudia
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2020
Materias:	Aged Healthy Aging Tobacco Smoking
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020000700939
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720200007009392020-10-09Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilenaVidal,CristinaPadilla,OslandoBambs,Claudia Aged Healthy Aging Tobacco Smoking Background: Smoking is one of the main causes of death among adults worldwide. Aim: To characterize smoking among Chilean older people, according to sociodemographic and clinical variables. Material and Methods: Secondary analysis of data obtained during the National Health Survey 2009-10, selecting individuals aged 60 years and older. Expansion factors were used due to the complex design of the sample. Prevalence and characteristics of smoking were calculated, according to age, sex, educational level, marital status, healthcare insurance system and comorbidities. Results: Nineteen percent of older people were actual smokers, and 85% of these smokers were aged between 60 and 69 years. Forty-five percent were highly dependent to nicotine and 73% reported their intention to quit smoking. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of tobacco smoking among Chilean older people. Prevention measures are needed.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.148 n.7 20202020-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020000700939es10.4067/S0034-98872020000700939
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Aged Healthy Aging Tobacco Smoking
spellingShingle	Aged Healthy Aging Tobacco Smoking Vidal,Cristina Padilla,Oslando Bambs,Claudia Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
description	Background: Smoking is one of the main causes of death among adults worldwide. Aim: To characterize smoking among Chilean older people, according to sociodemographic and clinical variables. Material and Methods: Secondary analysis of data obtained during the National Health Survey 2009-10, selecting individuals aged 60 years and older. Expansion factors were used due to the complex design of the sample. Prevalence and characteristics of smoking were calculated, according to age, sex, educational level, marital status, healthcare insurance system and comorbidities. Results: Nineteen percent of older people were actual smokers, and 85% of these smokers were aged between 60 and 69 years. Forty-five percent were highly dependent to nicotine and 73% reported their intention to quit smoking. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of tobacco smoking among Chilean older people. Prevention measures are needed.
author	Vidal,Cristina Padilla,Oslando Bambs,Claudia
author_facet	Vidal,Cristina Padilla,Oslando Bambs,Claudia
author_sort	Vidal,Cristina
title	Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
title_short	Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
title_full	Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
title_fullStr	Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
title_full_unstemmed	Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
title_sort	tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2020
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Tabaquismo en el adulto mayor: un freno al envejecimiento saludable en la población chilena

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