estudos cienificos

ARTIGO ARTICLE

Fatores associados ao tabagismo em idosos:
Inquérito de Saúde no Estado de São Paulo
(ISA-SP)
Factors associated with smoking in the elderly: a health survey in São Paulo (ISA-SP)

Maria Paula do Amaral Zaitune 1
Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros 1
Margareth Guimarães Lima 1
Chester Luiz Galvão César 2
Luana Carandina 3
Moisés Goldbaum 4
Maria Cecilia Goi Porto Alves 5

Abstract
Faculdade de Ciências
Médicas, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas,
Campinas, Brasil.
2 Faculdade de Saúde
Pública, Universidade de São
Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
3 Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade
Estadual Paulista Júlio de
Mesquita Filho, Botucatu,
Brasil.
4 Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade de São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brasil.
5 Instituto de Saúde,
Secretaria de Estado da
Saúde de São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brasil.
1

Correspondência
M. P. A. Zaitune
Departamento de Medicina
Preventiva e Social,
Faculdade de Ciências
Médicas, Universidade
Estadual de Campinas.
SHIS QI 25, conjunto 13, casa 9, Brasília, DF
71660-330, Brasil. [e-mail] Introdução

This article reports on smoking prevalence and associated factors in the elderly, based on a population-based cross-sectional study with multistage sampling including 1,954 individuals 60 years or older living in four areas of São Paulo
State, Brazil. Overall smoking prevalence was
12.2%, and higher rates were associated with male gender, age 60-69 years, not belonging to an Evangelical church, lower income, low body weight, lack of leisure-time physical activity, depression/anxiety, and hypertension. There was a high prevalence of smokers among individuals with a history of stroke, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The results point to the need for effective interventions in healthcare services to promote smoking cessation among the elderly, since many are unable to stop on their own, even when they have tobacco-related
illnesses.