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Title: Obesity, smoking and hazardous drinking among men admitted to the surgical wards of a regional hospital.
Authors: Peach, Hedley G.
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Wiley
Place of publication: Melbourne
Publication Title: Australian Journal of Rural Health
Volume: 10
Issue: 6
Start Page: 273
End Page: 277
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of obesity, smoking and hazardous drinking, and identify opportunities for their reduction, among men admitted to the surgical wards of a regional hospital. A random sample of 80 patients were interviewed. Nineteen per cent were obese, 29% smoked and 16% drank hazardously. Forty-seven per cent and 52% of those who were obese or smokers, respectively, had tried unsuccessfully to reduce their weight or smoking before admission, but mostly without professional support. A further 13% wanted to reduce their smoking but had not tried. Fifty-five per cent continued to try or still wanted to reduce these factors 3 months after discharge. Obesity and smoking could be common among male surgical inpatients in regional hospitals, a significant proportion of whom may welcome professional help with improving their lifestyle, but a larger multi-hospital study is needed to confirm this.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11054/140
Resource Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1440-1584.2002.00490.x/abstract
ISSN: 1038-5282
Internal ID Number: 00124
Health Subject: REGIONAL HOSPITALS
SURGERY
OBESITY
SMOKING
ALCOHOL
DRINKING
LIFE STYLE
Type: Journal Article
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