Prevalencia de tabaquismo en estudiantes de educación física en la ciudad de Chillán

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of tabaquism among Pedagogy in Physical Education students in the city of Chillán, Chile. Methodology: The research has a non-experimental tran-sactional descriptive design. The sample corresponds to 272 students of Pedagogy in Physical Education of the Bio-Bio University, Pedro de Valdivia University and Adventist University of Chile, separated into 186 men and 85 women, with mean age of onset of smoking corresponding to 17 ± 10 years. The data collection instrument used was extracted from the smoking section of the National Health Survey 2009-2010. Results: 25.7% of Pedagogy in Physical Education stu-dents present tabaquism. The university with the highest prevalence of tabaquism is the Univer-sidad Pedro de Valdivia (38.9%), while the Adventist University of Chile is the least prevalent (16.7%). Conclusions: The prevalence of tabaquism is equivalent to a quarter of the students of Physical Education in Chillán, which does not represent the national reality. The reasons why the prevalence of tabaquism is lower in this particular group have not been studied at this time, but it would be interesting to investigate them in future studies.