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| Prevalence and predictors of tobacco use in the elderly | | Author(s) | Shirlene Pang, Mythily Subramaniam, Edimansyah Abdin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 31, no 7, July 2016 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 716-722 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Tobacco smoking ; Singapore. |
| Annotation | Smoking is a well-established public health issue which has not been examined previously among older people in Singapore. This paper describes and identifies the current prevalence and predictors of tobacco use among the older resident population. Data were derived from the Well-being of the Singapore Elderly study, a cross-sectional epidemiological study of older people in Singapore. Sociodemographic data from 2,565 Singapore residents aged 60 years and above were collected through face-to-face interviews. Multinomial logistic regression analyses identified predictors of tobacco use. A total of 236 respondents were current tobacco users (9.5%). The majority of older tobacco users were men (88.1%). Significant predictors of tobacco use were gender, marital status and education level. Younger age (60-74 years old) was associated with more tobacco use, and the completion of tertiary education with lower rates of use. Overall smoking prevalence among older people was found to be lower than that of the Singapore general adult population (16%). However the rate was still high and is of concern given the likelihood of a higher rate of physical disorders which could be worsened with tobacco use. The identification of those at risk enables them to be targeted for smoking cessation programmes and other interventions. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160624202 A |
| Classmark | BG: ETT: 7XD |
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