Impact of Prevalence and Knowledge of complication of Electronic Cigarette Use among health care providers in the Primary Health Care in Makkah AL-Mokarramah Saudi Arabia, 2022

Abstract

Background: The popularity of e‑cigarettes is increasing rapidly worldwide especially between health care providers in the Health Care sector and advertisements for such products are becoming ubiquitous in the media. Health concerns and smoking cessation are the most commonly reported reasons for traditional tobacco smokers to shift to e‑cigarettes. As a result, the global market for e‑cigarettes is on the rise. However, they are still a potential cause for many diseases and complication. E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid and deliver an aerosolized product to the user. Pulmonary illnesses related to e-cigarette use have been reported, but no large series has been described, the Department of Health Services and the Department of Different Public Health received reports of lung injury associated with the use of e-cigarettes (also called vaping) and launched a coordinated public health investigation. Aim of the study: To Impact of Prevalence and Knowledge of complication of Electronic Cigarette Use among health care providers in the Primary Health Care in Makkah AL-Mokarramah Saudi Arabia, 2022. Methods: Cross-sectional study was carried out, including a random representative sample of health care providers in the Primary Health Care in Makkah. A self-administered validated questionnaire was adopted and modified. The Sample size of health care provider's practitioners . Our total participants were (400) Results:

that most of the participants (33.0%) were in the age group (35-45) years follow by the age <25 were (31.0%) followed by 25-35 years were (29.0%),  the majority of them female was higher compared to male(51.0% and 49.0%) , regarding the nationality the majority of participant are Saudi  were(67.0%) while non-Saudi were(33.0%), regarding  the marital status most of participants married were(81.0%) while not married were(19.0%), regarding income the majority of participant from >15000 were(31.0%) while from 5000-10000 were(30.0%) but 10000-15000 were (29.0%),  regarding Specialty the majority of participant medicine were (38.0%) while Nursing practitioner were(33.0%), but the applied medical sciences  were (20.0%). Conclusion: Most health care providers are aware of e-cigarettes, but the information is scarce regarding the complication of Electronic Cigarette and magnitude of this newly emerged habit in Saudi Arabia, since introduction in the early 2000s, e-cigarette use has rapidly increased in among healthcare providers worldwide. However, little is known about e-cigarette uptake among healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia.