Pušenje kao faktor rizika za nastanak kardiovaskularnih bolesti kod zdravstvenih i prosvetnih radnika Crne Gore

INTRODUCTION: Per year more people die from diabetic and vascular diseases (KVD) than from any other cause. Risk factors of the KVD are numerable and have a cumulative effect. The results of past studies shows that smoking cigarettes plays a key role in the development of KVD. THE AIM OF THE RESEARCH: Determine to the influence of smoking in health and education workers on development of the cardiovascular diseases. RESPONDENTS AND METHODS OF RESEARCH: Research was conducted to the type of section study in the population of health and education workers in the Berane municipality. The sample was composed of 109 health workers and 71 educational workers. In the research was participated all health workers employed in the Health Center 'Dr Nika Labovic' in Berane and all educational worker employed in the Primary school ,,Vuk Karadžic' in Berane. In the research was used the questionnaire, and the data was collected prospectively. As implementing instruments for research were used questionnaires: 'Work related stress' and 'Cindy'. χ square and ANOVA test were used for statistical data processing. RESEARCH RESULTS: The average age of health workers was 43.70 ± 11.90 years, while the average age of educational workers was 42.29 ± 10.90 years. More than half of health and education workers said that smoking. 36.7% of health workers and 39.4% of educational workers smoked daily. In the group of educational workers, the highest percentage of respondents (49.3%) are almost never exposed to tobacco smoke at work. In relation to health workers, educational workers are significantly worried about health effects of smoking. CONCLUSION: In the health and education workers of Berane municipality, smoking is a significant risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases.