Shima Yadegar Tirandaz1, Mohammad hasan sahebihagh2, Hossein Namdar Areshtanab3, Hossein jafarizadeh4, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi5
Background and objective: One of the most common causes of death around the world is smoking, influencing the physical and mental health people. As selecting a healthy lifestyle in men is less than that of women and the health of men working in health area plays an important role in providing health services to people, the current research was conducted to examine the relationship between smoking dependence and general health among male smoker employees.
Materials and Methods: The current research is descriptive-correlational type of study, carried out on 350 male smoker employees of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, who were selected using convenient and targeted sampling. Research questionnaires included 28-Question general health questionnaire(GHQ-28) and Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS-16 software.
Results: The mean score for smoking dependence and general health were 3.33 ± 2.31 (range of scores was from 0 to 10) and 23.60 ± 13.27 (range of scores from 3-72), respectively. In general, findings revealed significant and direct correlation between general health scores and smoking dependence.
Conclusion: People with less nicotine dependence showed better health status. In fact, as nicotine dependence is low, the physical and mental health of people will be better and the risk of mental diseases, especially depression and anxiety disorders, will be less.
