Abstract

GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, Raidel  and  CARDENTEY GARCIA, Juan. Family functioning of patients with smoking habits. AMC [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.6, pp.599-607. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: smoking is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality and thus, without any questions, a health problem. This habit is able to affect the appropriate and normal family functioning. Objective: to characterize the family functioning of patients with smoking habits. Methods: a descriptive, prospective study was conducted from April to June, 2015 in 120 patients with smoking habits, chosen at random and treated in the family physician’ s office number 9 of Raúl Sánchez Rodríguez Policlinic in Pinar del Río. The following variables were studied: causes that affected the family functioning, consequences of the smoking habit, and the main paranormative crisis. Results: among the problems that affected the family functioning were the wrong role distribution (57, 5 %) and the inappropriate family relationship (37, 5 %). The inappropriate per capita distribution in the family (59, 1%) and the family neglect (20, 8 %) were the most frequent consequences. Lack of organization (39, 1 %) was the most predominant paranormative crisis in families with patients with smoking habits. Conclusions: there were some problems that affected the family functioning of patients with smoking habits like the wrong role distribution, the inappropriate family relationship, the wrong per capita distribution in the family, family neglect, and the lack of organization as the main paranormative crisis. Therefore, it is important to revert positively the situation by means of an educative intervention.

Keywords : SMOKING; LIFE STYLE; FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE.

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