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Perspectives of Hospital Staff on Barriers to Smoking Cessation Interventions among Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in a South African Management Hospital

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  • Phindile Zifikile Shangase

    (Division of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa)

  • Nduduzo Msizi Shandu

    (Department of Human Movement Science, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa)

Abstract

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a major cause of illness and death, with personal and non-addiction-related barriers. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of hospital staff on barriers to smoking cessation interventions (SCIs) for in-patients at a DR-TB management hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In-depth interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of eighteen hospital staff (HS), and the data were analyzed using NVivo 10. Three core themes were identified: patients’ barriers (addiction to tobacco, relapse after improvement in health, and non-disclosure of smoking status to HS), staff personal barriers (poor knowledge of smoking’s effect on treatment outcomes and smoking cessation aids), and institutional barriers (staff shortage, time constraints, lack of pharmacological smoking cessation aids, access to cigarettes around hospital premises, and SCIs not prioritized and not assigned to a specific category of HS). Training on SCIs for HS, assigning SCIs to specific HS, integrating SCIs within existing services, and banning access to cigarettes within the hospital premises are assumed to assist DR-TB patients in smoking cessation, improving their response to TB treatment and overall health outcomes.

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  • Phindile Zifikile Shangase & Nduduzo Msizi Shandu, 2024. "Perspectives of Hospital Staff on Barriers to Smoking Cessation Interventions among Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in a South African Management Hospital," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(9), pages 1-11, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:21:y:2024:i:9:p:1137-:d:1465672
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    1. Nduduzo Msizi Shandu & Musa Lewis Mathunjwa & Ina Shaw & Brandon Stuwart Shaw, 2023. "Exercise Effects on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), Muscular Function, Cardiorespiratory Function, and Body Composition in Smokers: A Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(19), pages 1-11, September.
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