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Accuracy of information on smoking habits provided on self-administered research questionnaires

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  • Petitti, D.B.
  • Friedman, G.D.
  • Kahn, W.

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In the setting of a prepaid medical care plan, self-administered questionnaires were an accurate source of information on smoking habits and the standard against which the physiologic measures of smoking, serum thiocyanate, and expired carbon monoxide, must be judged. Questionnaire responses were internally consistent and highly reproducible. In contrast, the physiologic measures had low overall sensitivity as tests of current tobacco exposure (0.72). Their sensitivity was improved by utilizing the self-reported information.

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  • Petitti, D.B. & Friedman, G.D. & Kahn, W., 1981. "Accuracy of information on smoking habits provided on self-administered research questionnaires," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 71(3), pages 308-311.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.71.3.308_6
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.71.3.308
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    1. Donald S. Kenkel, 1995. "Should you eat breakfast? Estimates from health production functions," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 4(1), pages 15-29, January.
    2. Keeler, Theodore E. & Marciniak, Martin & Hu, Teh-wei, 1999. "Rational addiction and smoking cessation: An empirical study," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 28(5), pages 633-643.
    3. Ericsson, Asa, 1997. "The importance of lifestyle to self-assessed health," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 145-155, November.
    4. Clifford H. Watson & Jane Yan & Stephen Stanfill & Liza Valentin-Blasini & Roberto Bravo Cardenas & Benjamin C. Blount, 2021. "A Low-Cost, High-Throughput Digital Image Analysis of Stain Patterns on Smoked Cigarette Filter Butts to Estimate Mainstream Smoke Exposure," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-10, October.

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