Prevalência de tabagismo em mulheres jovens que foram mães na adolescência na cidade de Pelotas

Abstract

Objective and methods: This work aimed to identify the prevalence of smoking and the degree of nicotine dependence in a population of young mothers, relating to sociodemographic and psychiatric factors in a cross-sectional study, a sample of 516 young mothers 15-23 years of the city Pelotas. Were performed bivariate and multivariate analysis the total sample and in the subgroup of smokers young. Results: The prevalence of smoking was 27.9% (n = 144), and 34.8% (n = 48) of these had moderate nicotine dependence / high. The chance of smoking was 2.56 (95% CI: 1.22 to 5.40) for income up to 1 minimum wage was 2.49 (95% CI: 1.14 to 5.45) for those who complete primary attending / completed grades, 2.12 (95% CI: 1.27 to 3.55) for those who worked and 32.27 (95% CI 13.57 to 76.74) for presenting other people smoking in the house. Young illiterate or with incomplete primary had chance to 11.75 (95% CI: 1.50 to 91.80) for moderate / high dependency. Although moderate / high dependence present in the bivariate analysis significant difference with major depressive disorder (p= 0.05) and suicide risk (p = 0.003), in the adjusted analysis not maintained significance (p = 0.4 and p = 0, 06). Conclusion: Cigarette smoking and psychiatric disorders showed a high prevalence in young people with psychosocial state fragility.