Lebanese University, Faculties of Pharmacy & of Public Health, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Research (LCER), Beirut, Lebanon.
Addict Behav. 2013 May;38(5):2174-9. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.009. Epub 2013 Jan 18.
Cigarette smoking induces dependence in young smokers.
The primary objective of this work was to validate the use of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) in young Lebanese university students, and to improve it eventually by adding new items covering DSM-IV and ICD-10 dependence components.
We used data from a cross-sectional study on university students. A standardized questionnaire was administered, with items related to cigarette dependence: the FTND and the new Young Adults' Cigarette Dependence (YACD) scale. For both tools, factor and reliability analyses were performed.
Although the FTND test showed satisfactory psychometric properties, the YACD showed better construct validity and reliability, covered dependence concept better and discriminated better between those who wanted to stop smoking and those who did not.
FTND could be used in university students' population; however, the YACD scale could be more useful.
吸烟会使年轻吸烟者产生依赖。
本研究的主要目的是验证 Fagerström 尼古丁依赖测试（FTND）在年轻黎巴嫩大学生中的适用性，并通过添加新的项目来改进它，以涵盖 DSM-IV 和 ICD-10 依赖成分。
我们使用了一项关于大学生的横断面研究的数据。使用标准化问卷进行调查，问卷包含与吸烟依赖有关的项目：FTND 和新的青少年吸烟依赖量表（YACD）。对这两种工具进行了因素和可靠性分析。
尽管 FTND 测试显示出令人满意的心理测量学特性，但 YACD 显示出更好的结构有效性和可靠性，更好地涵盖了依赖概念，并且在那些想要戒烟和不想戒烟的人之间有更好的区分度。
FTND 可以在大学生群体中使用；然而，YACD 量表可能更有用。
