Ehsani-Chimeh, Elham and Sadat Sajadi, Haniye and Behzadifar, Meysam and Badrizadeh, Afsaneh and Behzadifar, Masoud (2020) Current and former smokers among adolescents aged 12–17years in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health.
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Abstract
Background: Smoking, especially among adolescents, is considered a serious public health concern worldwide being associated with increased mortality. The present study was designed as the first systematic review and metaanalysis of the prevalence of current and former smoking behavior among adolescents in Iran. Methods: Seven international scholarly databases, namely Scopus, Embase, Pubmed/Medline, ISI/Web of Science (WOS), the Cochrane Library, Psyc Info and Cinahl, were extensively searched from January 2000 to September 18, 2019. Google Scholar was also mined. Iranian databases were searched as well (namely, MagIran, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Barakatkns). The DerSimonian-Laird’s approach, via the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine method, was used to synthesize the prevalence estimates. Results: The prevalence of current smokers among Iranian adolescents was estimated to be 9% (95% CI: 7 to 10). Stratifying based on gender, the prevalence was 12% among boys (95% CI: 10 to 14) and 6% among girls (95% CI: 5 to 8). The prevalence of former smokers among Iranian adolescents using the random-effect model was computed to be 24% (95% CI: 21 to 27). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that the prevalence of current and former smoking behavior among Iranian adolescents is a relevant public health concern. The country’s young population should be given more attention by health policy- and decision-makers and implementation of ad hoc prevention and control policies should be on their agenda. Keywords: Smoking behavior, Adolescents, Iran, Systematic review, Meta-analysis
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | lorestan university |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2020 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2020 08:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/1939 |
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