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Title Assessment of the validity of self-reported smoking status among schoolchildren in Sousse, Tunisia | ||
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http://doc.rero.ch/record/326458/files/ijamh-2015-0013.pdf | ||
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Date 2019 | ||
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Author(s) Maatoug, Jihene; Sahli, Jihene; Harrabi, Imed; Chouikha, Firas; Hmad, Sonia; Dendana, Emna; Fredj, Sihem Ben; Slama, Slim; al'Absi, Mustafa; Lando, Harry; Ghannem, Hassen | ||
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Abstract Introduction: Tobacco use, which begins in adolescence and childhood and continues in later life, is the major avoidable risk for non-communicable diseases and death in the world. Self-reports have frequently been used to estimate smoking prevalence and health consequences. This study explores the validity of self-reports of smoking behavior among schoolchildren in Tunisia. Materials and methods: This study was conducted in March 2014 among a sample of 147 schoolchildren randomly selected. Data concerning the smoking habit were collected by a questionnaire designed for the purposes of this work. Then, exhaled CO, a biochemical marker of smoke exposure, was measured using piCO+ Smokerlyzer® breath CO monitor among participants. Sensitivity and specificity of self-reports were calculated. Results: The prevalence of reported smoking was 9.5% with 16.7% and 1.7% respectively among boys and girls. Their mean age was 14.5±1.28 years old. When considering 4 ppm as the cut-off level of breath CO, sensitivity and specificity of self-reports were 100% and 93.7%, respectively. But at a breath CO cut-off of 3 ppm, self-reporting was 62.5% sensitive and 93.5% specific. Conclusion: According to our findings, we suggest that self-reports can be considered as a good tool to be used with a reasonable confidence to assess the smoking status. | ||
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Language eng | ||
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