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Identifying Misclassification in Youth Self-Reported Smoking Status: Testing Different Consent Processes
Methods: Using a cross-sectional population level survey, youth were randomly assigned to one of three groups to test mode effects of collecting biological data with self-reported survey data (n=303): no biological request, biological request with indirect explanation of use, and biological request with direct explanation of use.
Results: Results showed two groups (no biological request and biological request with indirect explanation) had similar response rates and self-reported smoking status, while the third group (biological request with direct explanation) had a substantially lower response rate and self-reported smoking status.
Conclusions: The data show youth who are given an indirect explanation of how biological data are to be used are as likely to self-report their smoking status as youth who were not asked to provide a biological sample. Identifying misclassification is vital to understand why youth no longer report their smoking status via telephone interviews.
Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practiceEpidemiology
Learning Objectives:
Discuss misreporting of tobacco use behaviors among youth.
Demonstrate how biological requests can be made and still have misreporting of tobacco use.
Test different consent processes to identify misclassification of self reported tobacco use.
Keyword(s): Data Collection and Surveillance, Tobacco Use
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal investigator or co-investigator on a number of funded grants or contracts focusing on anti-tobacco campaign evaluation and tobacco control. My scientific interests have been in program evaluation and anti-tobacco interventions to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with tobacco use.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
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