reliability and validity of the fagerstrom test for cigarettes de¬pendence among malaysian adolescents

Reliability and Validity of the Fagerstrom Test for Cigarettes Dependence among Malaysian Adolescents

Reducing the prevalence of smoking among teenagers who smoked by increasing the rate of smoking cessation is among the feasible long term measures to reduce health problems related to smoking among Malaysian population. However, previous studies have revealed that addiction to nicotine is one of the identified barriers for adolescent smokers to quit smoking (1). Identification of their addictio...

Reliability of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence.

The purpose of this study was to assess the test-retest stability of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ) in two samples: (a) paid subjects in an American laboratory; data were collected via telephone screen and subsequently via questions embedded in a written history; and (b) smokers hospitalized for depression in Paris; data were collected via a written questionnaire upon admission an...

Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence

Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Barrett’s Test of Aptitude for the Use among 9th Graders

Academic and occupational guidance of the 9th graders require a valid and reliable instrument. Given that Barrett Aptitude Test is widely available, and perhaps used, it was deemed necessary to assess its psychometric characteristics. To this end, a cluster sample of 830 ninth graders from among all such students during the 2017-2018 school year in cities of Saqqez and Bukan, was selected. They...

Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence

Smoking Index, Cigarettes Smoked and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence in Malaysians

The level of nicotine dependence is important in assessing the effectiveness of smoking prevention and control programmes ( Breslau et al., 2001) There are several scales available for measuring addiction level such as the Fagerström Tolerance of Nicotine Dependence (FTND) (Heatherton et al., 1991) , the Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS) ( Etter, 2005) and the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale ...