Date of Completion

2021

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

E-Cigarettes.

Abstract

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES General: To determine the level of awareness among adolescents on the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and well-being. Specific: 1.) The profile of the respondents in terms of sex, religion, monthly family income, and electronic cigarette use. 2.) The level of awareness of adolescents regarding the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and well-being. 3.) If there is a significant difference in the level of awareness of adolescents on the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and well-being when grouped according to sex, religion, monthly family income, and electronic cigarette use.

Methodology The study utilized an analytic research design with 115 respondents who were adolescent Nursing students in Cavite. The validated tool used in the study was a 24-item questionnaire created by the researchers to determine the adolescents’ level of awareness on the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and well-being. The researchers utilized the following operations for the statistical treatment of data; frequency distribution, weighted average, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis test.

Major Findings 1. The findings revealed that the majority of the respondents were female (75.5%), Catholic (80%), belong to a monthly family income of 100,000 and above category (27.83%), and have not yet used electronic cigarettes (68.70%). 2. The respondents' level of awareness on the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and well-being were found to be aware to a moderate extent. 3. The findings of the study revealed that sex (Mann Whitney=-0.996; Pvalue=0.319; df=5), religion (Mann Whitney=-0.865; P-value=0.387; df=5), monthly family income (Kruskal Wallis=3.745; P-value=0.587; df=5), and electronic cigarette use (Mann Whitney=-8.61; P-value=0.389; df=5) did not show any significant difference among the respondents’ level of awareness towards impact the of these devices to health and well-being. This is also the same for the respondents’ level of awareness on the use of electronic cigarettes when grouped according to sex (Mann Whitney=-1.662; P-value=0.096; df=5), religion (Mann Whitney= -0.480; P-value=0.631; df=5), and monthly family income (Kruskal Wallis =3.314; P-value=0.652; df=5) did not show any significant differences. However, the study also revealed that there is a significant difference regarding the respondents’ level of awareness on the use of electronic cigarettes when grouped according to electronic cigarette use (Mann Whitney=-3.216; Pvalue=0.001; df=5). Thus, the null hypothesis is partially accepted.

Conclusions Based on the findings of the study, the researchers had come to the following conclusions: 1. The majority of the respondents were female, Catholic, had a family income of PHP 100,000 above, and have not used an electronic cigarette. 2. The respondents were aware to a moderate extent, which indicates that adolescents have an adequate level of awareness on the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and wellbeing. 3. There was no significant difference in the respondents’ level of awareness on the use of electronic cigarettes and its impact on health and well-being when grouped according to sex, religion, and monthly family income excluding electronic cigarette use, which has been revealed to have a significant difference on the respondents’ level of awareness on the impact of electronic cigarettes to health and wellbeing.

First Advisor

Leo A. Tibayan, RN, MAN

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