Umbreen Farrukh
Pakistan
Research Article
Dentists' Practice and Perceived Barriers towards Smoking Cessation and Intervention in Karachi, Pakistan
Author(s): Umbreen Farrukh, Sadia Shakeel and Sadaf NisarUmbreen Farrukh, Sadia Shakeel and Sadaf Nisar
The prevention and control of tobacco use is becoming of global significance. Health care workers need to implement tobacco cessation as part of their daily practice. The aim of this study was to identify dentists’ current practice regarding smoking cessation and prevention as well as to identify the barriers that hinder them to deliver smoking cessation advice.
A survey based study was conducted in October 2015 to determine the practices, willingness, and perceived barriers of dentists in relation to smoking cessation in dental care setting. A pretested, close-ended, selfadministered, questionnaire was distributed among the dental health practitioners working in public sector and private dental clinics. The collected data was analyzed for frequency distributions and χ2. Most of the participants (78.61%) agreed that dentist has an imp.. View More»
