- Title
- Assessing smoking status in disadvantaged populations: is computer administered self report an accurate and acceptable measure?
- Creator
- Bryant, Jamie; Bonevski, Billie; Paul, Christine; Lecathelinais, Christophe
- Relation
- BMC Medical Research Methodology Vol. 11, Issue 153
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-153
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Background: Self report of smoking status is potentially unreliable in certain situations and in high-risk populations. This study aimed to determine the accuracy and acceptability of computer administered self-report of smoking status among a low socioeconomic (SES) population. Methods: Clients attending a community service organisation for welfare support were invited to complete a cross-sectional touch screen computer health survey. Following survey completion, participants were invited to provide a breath sample to measure exposure to tobacco smoke in expired air. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated. Results: Three hundred and eighty three participants completed the health survey, and 330 (86%) provided a breath sample. Of participants included in the validation analysis, 59% reported being a daily or occasional smoker. Sensitivity was 94.4% and specificity 92.8%. The positive and negative predictive values were 94.9% and 92.0% respectively. The majority of participants reported that the touch screen survey was both enjoyable (79%) and easy (88%) to complete. Conclusions: Computer administered self report is both acceptable and accurate as a method of assessing smoking status among low SES smokers in a community setting. Routine collection of health information using touch-screen computer has the potential to identify smokers and increase provision of support and referral in the community setting.
- Subject
- smoking; biochemical validation; carbon monoxide; touch screen computer; acceptability; accuracy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1037717
- Identifier
- uon:13477
- Identifier
- ISSN:1471-2288
- Language
- eng
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