Smoking among healthcare professionals in Australia : A scoping review
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Salehin, Masudus, Lam, Louisa and Rahman, Aziz. (2025). Smoking among healthcare professionals in Australia : A scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(1), p. Article 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22010113
Authors | Salehin, Masudus, Lam, Louisa and Rahman, Aziz |
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Abstract | Studies showed healthcare professionals who are non-smokers are more likely to deliver smoking cessation advice to their patients than those who are smokers. However, healthcare professionals continue to smoke across the globe. This scoping review assessed the available data on the prevalence and predictors of smoking among healthcare professionals in Australia. Following the PRISMA extension for the Scoping Review checklist, a systematic literature search was conducted on CINAHL, MEDLINE, APA PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library in August 2024. Articles published between 1990 and 2024 were considered, and finally, 26 papers met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Australian healthcare professionals showed varying smoking prevalence. For physicians, it was 10.2% in 1990 to 7.4% in 2013; among dentists, 6% in 1993 to 4.9% in 2004; and among nurses, 21.7% in 1991 and 10.3% during 2014–15. The highest smoking rates were observed among Aboriginal health workers (AHWs): 63.6% in 1995 to 24.6% in 2021. Age was a positive predictor for smoking among nurses, and so was male gender among dentists, physicians, and nurses; other predictors included area of specialty, lower emotional wellbeing, etc. This review highlighted a declining trend in smoking among healthcare professionals in Australia; however, it was not proportionate among the different health specialties. |
Keywords | smoking; prevalence; predictors; health professionals; Australia |
Year | 2025 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Journal citation | 22 (1), p. Article 113 |
Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI AG) |
ISSN | 1661-7827 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22010113 |
PubMed ID | 39857565 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85216019188 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC11764796 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 1-33 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 15 Jan 2025 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 10 Jan 2025 |
Deposited | 30 Jun 2025 |
Additional information | © 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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