Validation of self-report on smoking among university students in Korea.
OBJECTIVE
To validate the self-reported 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.
Lee
Chung Yul
CY
Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.
Shin
Sunmi
S
Lee
Hyeon Kyeong
HK
Hong
Yoon Mi
YM
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014495:Universities; D016482:Urinalysis