PMID- 35628082
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 2227-9032 (Print)
IS  - 2227-9032 (Electronic)
IS  - 2227-9032 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 5
DP  - 2022 May 19
TI  - Knowledge and Opinions of Healthcare Professionals about Thirdhand Smoke: A 
      Multi-National, Cross-Sectional Study.
LID - 10.3390/healthcare10050945 [doi]
LID - 945
AB  - There is scarce evidence on the knowledge and opinions about third-hand smoke 
      (THS) of health care professionals. The main aim of this study was to explore the 
      knowledge and opinions of health care professionals about THS and, secondarily, 
      to explore the factors that are associated with this knowledge. Cross-sectional 
      study using a snowball sample of multi-national health care professionals (n = 
      233). Data were obtained from an exploratory, online questionnaire. The health 
      care professionals' knowledge and opinions on THS were described with absolute 
      frequency and percentage. Chi-square and Fisher-Freeman-Halton exact tests, and 
      simple logistic regression models, were used to explore the bivariate association 
      between the knowledge of the concept THS and sex, continent of birth, educational 
      level, occupation, years of experience, and attitude towards smoking. Finally, a 
      multivariable logistic regression model incorporating all the above variables was 
      fitted. A total of 65.2% of the participants were unaware of the term THS before 
      the study began. In the bivariate analysis, an association was found between 
      prior knowledge of the term THS and continent of birth (p-value = 0.030) and 
      occupation (p-value = 0.014). In the multivariable logistic regression model, a 
      significant association was observed between prior knowledge of the concept THS 
      and sex (p-value = 0.005), continent of birth (p-value = 0.012), and occupation 
      (p-value = 0.001). Almost two out of three health care professionals who 
      participated in our study did not know what THS was. Educational activities on 
      this topic should be implemented.
FAU - Quispe-Cristobal, Blanca
AU  - Quispe-Cristobal B
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - Lidon-Moyano, Cristina
AU  - Lidon-Moyano C
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - Martin-Sanchez, Juan Carlos
AU  - Martin-Sanchez JC
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - Perez-Martin, Hipolito
AU  - Perez-Martin H
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2144-9590
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - Cartanya-Hueso, Aurea
AU  - Cartanya-Hueso A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7998-5230
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
AD  - Group of Perinatal Epidemiology, Environmental Health, and Clinical Research, 
      Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Universitat Jaume I, Av. 
      Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, 12071 Castello de la Plana, Spain.
FAU - Cabriada-Saez, Inigo
AU  - Cabriada-Saez I
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - de Paz-Cantos, Sonia
AU  - de Paz-Cantos S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4879-3698
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - Martinez-Sanchez, Jose M
AU  - Martinez-Sanchez JM
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
FAU - Gonzalez-Marron, Adrian
AU  - Gonzalez-Marron A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1087-1769
AD  - Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Department of 
      Basic Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Sant Cugat del 
      Valles, Spain.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220519
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Healthcare (Basel)
JT  - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101666525
PMC - PMC9141727
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - attitudes
OT  - health knowledge
OT  - health personnel
OT  - practice
OT  - third-hand smoke
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/05/29 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/29 06:01
PMCR- 2022/05/19
CRDT- 2022/05/28 01:20
PHST- 2022/03/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/05/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/05/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/28 01:20 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/29 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - healthcare10050945 [pii]
AID - healthcare-10-00945 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/healthcare10050945 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Healthcare (Basel). 2022 May 19;10(5):945. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050945.