ABSTRACTS

Background: The severity of the lung cancer disease is not only dueto late diagnosis but also because patients do not stop smoking.

Aim: To determine the characteristics of pulmonary clinic pts, their smoking behavior and the correlation of both.

Methods: This study is descriptive study. The respondents were the patients of the pulmonary clinic who still smoked. The number of respondentsis55 patients, come from 3 hospitals in Yogyakarta Indonesia and Islamabad hospital in Pakistan. It is taken by incidental sampling. Data are analyzed by Spearman Correlation andthe level of significant is 0.05.

Results: The result showsthe average age is 47.8, the level education is senior high school or below (lower educated), the most job is retired man, and the most of them reported there is “no” family member smoking at home.The smoking behavior such as the knowledge about cigarettes and its danger haven’t enough fully, the number of cigarettes smoked per-day is 12.04 or 1 pack, the type of cigarettes is filter, and the length of smoking is 26.22 years at the past. There issignificant correlation between the age and length of smoking (r=0,749, p value 0.000), the job and the knowledge about cigarettes and it’s dangerous (r=0.342, p value 0.011).

Conclusion: Not all of the characteristics of the pulmonary patients has correlation with the smoking behavior. It is expected to trigger the efforts of interested parties to focus more on pulmonary clinic patients who smoke and ultimately can prevent the lung cancer diseases.

Keywords:  Characteristic, smoking behaviour, patient