Validation of self-report on smoking among university students in Korea
Chung Yul Lee1, Sunmi Shin, Hyeon Kyeong Lee
1Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.
Objective:
To validate the self-reported smoking status of Korean university students.
Methods:
Subjects included 322 Korean university in Korea, who participated in an annual health screening. Data on smoking were collected through a self-reported questionnaire and urine test. The data were analyzed by the McNemar test.
Results:
In the consistency test for males, the results from the questionnaire and the urine test were in agreement, but for females, there was a significant difference between the results reported by the 2 tests (P=.001).
Conclusions:
The findings showed that Korean female university students considerably underreported their smoking behavior.
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