Abstract
Objective: To validate the selfreported 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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 540-549 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | American Journal of Health Behavior |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health