1. Measuring cigarette dependence: A comparison of two scales in two different groups of smokers
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Marcela Fu, Dolors Carnicer-Pont, Yolanda Castellano, Montse Ballbè, Xisca Sureda, Antònia Raich, Jose Martínez-Sánchez, Cristina Martínez, Antoni Baena, Anna Riccobene, Marta Enríquez, and Esteve Fernández
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Nicotine ,Dependence general population ,Estudio clínico ,Health (social science) ,Epidemiology ,Nicotina ,Cigarret ,Adicció ,Dependència de la població general ,Addiction ,Cigarette dependence ,Behavioral assessment ,Health Professions (miscellaneous) ,Clinical study ,Hàbit de fumar ,Escala de dependencia ,Cigarrillo ,Cessation health services ,Estudio de tabaquismo ,Cessament serveis sanitaris ,Dependencia del cigarrillo ,Dependencia población general ,Prueba de Fagerström ,Anàlisi de conducta ,Cigarette ,Smoking study ,Entorno clínico ,Fagerström test ,Population based ,Escala de dependència ,Estudi de tabaquisme ,Smoking ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Prova de Fagerström ,Basat en la població ,Adiccion ,Clinical setting ,Dependència del cigarret ,Entorn clínic ,Basado en la población ,Dependence scale ,Estudi clínic ,Servicios de salud para dejar de fumar - Abstract
Introduction: The Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD) and the Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS) are usually used to assess cigarette dependence in clinical- and population-based studies. Our objective was to compare these two scales within groups of smokers from both contexts. Methods: The study was observational with smokers from a representative sample of the adult general population (n=188) and smokers attending a smoking cessation clinic in Barcelona, Spain (n=759). The FTCD and the CDS-5 (short version of 5 items) were used to assess cigarette dependence. We compared the standardized median scores obtained with both scales within each group of smokers by selected variables. To this aim, we re-scaled the scores of both scales to allow their comparison and assess their correlation within both groups. Results: The scores obtained with both scales were highly correlated within both groups of smokers (p60 min; 1.7 vs 1.1; p
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- 2022
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