Prevalence of smoking among undergraduate students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A meta-analysis.

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Tobacco Induced Diseases Pub Date : 2025-03-06 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.18332/tid/190797

Naif H Alanazi

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Abstract

Introduction: In recent years, tobacco smoking has become a major public health concern in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), particularly among adolescents and college students. Hence, the current study aimed to collect the available evidence of smoking prevalence in KSA over the past decade (2014-2023) among college students in KSA and to find its pooled prevalence.

Methods: This meta-analysis obtained relevant studies from PubMed, published during the period April 2014 to June 2023. All articles published in English in study venues within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on smoking prevalence/ epidemiology/factors among undergraduate and/or college-going students were included. Systematic review and review articles were excluded. MedCalc was used to calculate the pooled prevalence (95% CI).

Results: Among the 258 initial pool of articles, 34 fulfilled the eligibility criteria. Further screening revealed only 34 articles met the inclusion criteria for this meta-analysis. These studies' minimum and maximum sample sizes were 208 and 3322, respectively. The lowest prevalence was 7.9%, and the highest was 59.57%. Hence, using the random effect model, the pooled prevalence of this study was 24.5% (95% CI: 21.013-28.09).

Conclusions: The pooled prevalence of smoking is found to be 24.5%. Periodical educational seminars and related content must be arranged for college/university students to minimize the prevalence; hence, by reducing the smoking prevalence, morbidity and mortality can be minimized.

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沙特阿拉伯王国大学生吸烟率：荟萃分析

引言：近年来，吸烟已成为沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）的一个主要公共卫生问题，特别是在青少年和大学生中。因此，本研究旨在收集过去十年（2014-2023年）沙特阿拉伯大学生吸烟率的现有证据，并找出其总患病率。方法：本荟萃分析从PubMed检索2014年4月至2023年6月期间发表的相关研究。所有在沙特阿拉伯王国境内的研究场所发表的关于本科生和/或大学生吸烟流行率/流行病学/因素的英文文章均被纳入研究范围。系统综述和综述文章被排除在外。使用MedCalc计算合并患病率（95% CI）。结果：258篇初始文献中，34篇符合入选标准。进一步筛选显示，只有34篇文章符合本荟萃分析的纳入标准。这些研究的最小样本量和最大样本量分别为208和3322。最低为7.9%，最高为59.57%。因此，采用随机效应模型，本研究的合并患病率为24.5% （95% CI: 21.013-28.09）。结论：总吸烟率为24.5%。定期为大学生安排教育讲座及相关内容，尽量减少发病率；因此，通过降低吸烟率，发病率和死亡率可以降到最低。

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Tobacco Induced Diseases SUBSTANCE ABUSE-PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

CiteScore

5.30

自引率

5.40%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Tobacco Induced Diseases encompasses all aspects of research related to the prevention and control of tobacco use at a global level. Preventing diseases attributable to tobacco is only one aspect of the journal, whose overall scope is to provide a forum for the publication of research articles that can contribute to reducing the burden of tobacco induced diseases globally. To address this epidemic we believe that there must be an avenue for the publication of research/policy activities on tobacco control initiatives that may be very important at a regional and national level. This approach provides a very important "hands on" service to the tobacco control community at a global scale - as common problems have common solutions. Hence, we see ourselves as "connectors" within this global community. The journal hence encourages the submission of articles from all medical, biological and psychosocial disciplines, ranging from medical and dental clinicians, through health professionals to basic biomedical and clinical scientists.