Identificando patrones de consumo de tabaco en estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria en la República Dominicana: un análisis de clase latente
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Tobacco use
smoking
vaping
cigarette
adolescent
Consumo de tabaco
tabaquismo
vapeo
cigarrillo
adolescente.
smoking
vaping
cigarette
adolescent
Consumo de tabaco
tabaquismo
vapeo
cigarrillo
adolescente.
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Intituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
La República Dominicana cuenta con pocas estrategias nacionales para la prevención de consumo de tabaco en adolescentes. Este estudio busca comprender los diferentes patrones de consumo de tabaco en grupos de jóvenes dominicanos. Métodos: mediante el uso de análisis de clase latente, analizamos la base de dato de la Encuesta Mundial sobre Tabaquismo en Jóvenes de 2016 de República Dominicana (N= 1532), una encuesta representativa a nivel nacional. Examinamos dos indicadores (uso alguna vez y uso durante los últimos 30 días) de cigarrillos, hookah, tabaco sin humo y cigarrillos electrónicos. Se utilizó la regresión logística multinomial para analizar los predictores de pertenencia a una clase. Resultados: Se identificaron cinco subclases de consumidores de tabaco: no consumidores (58,44%), experimentación con hookah (18,55%), experimentación de politabaco (10,66%), policonsumidores de tabaco (8,57%) y tabaco sin humo con experimentación con otras formas de tabaco (3,79%). En comparación con los no consumidores, los jóvenes en la clase experimentación con hookah tenían mayores probabilidades de ser hombres, tener más dinero para gastar y haber observado a alguien fumando tabaco en su casa. Los jóvenes en experimentación de politabaco y policonsumidores de tabaco tenían mayores probabilidades de haber observado a alguien fumando tabaco en sus casas. Los jóvenes que pertenecían al grupo de tabaco sin humo con experimentación con otras formas de tabaco tenían mayores probabilidades de haber observado a alguien fumando tabaco en su casa y afuera. Discusión: Nuestros hallazgos indican que la mayoría de los consumidores de tabaco pertenecen a experimentación con hookah o eran experimentadores de múltiples productos. Esto sugiere que las estrategias de control del tabaco deben centrarse en múltiples productos y dirigir los esfuerzos de prevención hacia los estudiantes varones más jóvenes.
The Dominican Republic (DR) has minimal national tobacco control strategies for youth tobacco use. This study seeks to understand how different patterns of tobacco use might occur in groups of Dominican youth. Methods: Using Latent Class Analyses, we analyzed the DR’s 2016 Global Youth Tobacco Survey dataset (N= 1,532), a nationally representative school-based survey. We examined two indicators (ever use, past 30-day use) of cigarettes, shishas, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyze predictors of class membership. Results: Five subclasses of tobacco users were identified: non-users (58.44%), shisha experimenters (18.55%), poly-tobacco experimenters (10.66%), poly-tobacco users (8.57%), and smokeless tobacco with experimentation (3.79%). Compared to non-users, Shisha experimenters had higher odds of being male, having more spending money, and having observed someone smoking tobacco in their house. Poly-tobacco experimenters and Poly-tobacco users class had higher odds of having observed someone smoking tobacco in their house. Smokeless tobacco, with experimentation of other forms of tobacco, had higher odds of having observed someone smoking tobacco in their house and outside. Discussion: Our findings indicate that most tobacco users belong to the shisha experimenters or were multiple product experimenters/user classes. This suggests that tobacco control strategies should focus on multiple products and aim prevention efforts toward younger male students.
The Dominican Republic (DR) has minimal national tobacco control strategies for youth tobacco use. This study seeks to understand how different patterns of tobacco use might occur in groups of Dominican youth. Methods: Using Latent Class Analyses, we analyzed the DR’s 2016 Global Youth Tobacco Survey dataset (N= 1,532), a nationally representative school-based survey. We examined two indicators (ever use, past 30-day use) of cigarettes, shishas, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes. Multinomial logistic regression was used to analyze predictors of class membership. Results: Five subclasses of tobacco users were identified: non-users (58.44%), shisha experimenters (18.55%), poly-tobacco experimenters (10.66%), poly-tobacco users (8.57%), and smokeless tobacco with experimentation (3.79%). Compared to non-users, Shisha experimenters had higher odds of being male, having more spending money, and having observed someone smoking tobacco in their house. Poly-tobacco experimenters and Poly-tobacco users class had higher odds of having observed someone smoking tobacco in their house. Smokeless tobacco, with experimentation of other forms of tobacco, had higher odds of having observed someone smoking tobacco in their house and outside. Discussion: Our findings indicate that most tobacco users belong to the shisha experimenters or were multiple product experimenters/user classes. This suggests that tobacco control strategies should focus on multiple products and aim prevention efforts toward younger male students.
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Science and Health; Vol. 8 No. 3 (2024): Science and Health, september-december; 45-54
Ciencia y Salud; Vol. 8 Núm. 3 (2024): Ciencia y Salud, septiembre-diciembre; 45-54
2613-8824
2613-8816
10.22206/cysa.2024.v8i3
Ciencia y Salud; Vol. 8 Núm. 3 (2024): Ciencia y Salud, septiembre-diciembre; 45-54
2613-8824
2613-8816
10.22206/cysa.2024.v8i3