Nicotine dependence measures among adolescents with psychiatric disorders: evaluating symptom expression as a function of dependence severity.

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide), published as a clinical trial.

Using methods based in item response theory, the researchers examined a structured interview assessment of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) nicotine dependence and the Modified Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire (mFTQ) symptoms to explore the expression of particular symptoms as a function of level of nicotine involvement in a sample of 191 adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

This paper describes the relative severity of DSM-IV and mFTQ items, as well as each item's ability to discriminate among individuals at various levels of nicotine involvement.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 191 adolescents taking part.

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were children and teenagers, both men and women.

What Was Measured

Using methods based in item response theory, the researchers examined a structured interview assessment of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) nicotine dependence and the Modified Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire (mFTQ) symptoms to explore the expression of particular symptoms as a function of level of nicotine involvement in a sample of 191 adolescents with psychiatric disorders.

This paper describes the relative severity of DSM-IV and mFTQ items, as well as each item's ability to discriminate among individuals at various levels of nicotine involvement.

The subject headings attached to it are Adolescent Behavior, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Disease Progression, Interview, Psychological, Mental Disorders, Psychometrics and Sensitivity and Specificity.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a clinical trial of Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) in 191 adolescents.

The publication is from 2003 (Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco), a journal based in England.

More context: the Therapeutic nicotine (patch, non-peptide) compound page, all human trials.