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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 Jan 1 |
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- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Validation of self-report on smoking among university students in Korea. / Lee, Chung Yul; Shin, Sunmi; Lee, Hyeonkyeong; Hong, Yoon Mi.
In: American Journal of Health Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 5, 01.01.2009, p. 540-549.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Validation of self-report on smoking among university students in Korea
AU - Lee, Chung Yul
AU - Shin, Sunmi
AU - Lee, Hyeonkyeong
AU - Hong, Yoon Mi
PY - 2009/1/1
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N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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