Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors

Smoking cessation was important because smoking has been the single most essential preventable cause of premature death and morbidity. Positive Smoker Identity was a new construct representing positive smoker thoughts, images and feeling about smoking behaviour and culture. The objectives of this...

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Main Author:	Ahmad, Mohd Hanief
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/46461/1/Dr.%20Mohd%20Hanief%20Ahmad-24%20pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.464612020-03-08T01:55:52Z Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors 2018 Ahmad, Mohd Hanief RC31-1245 Internal medicine Smoking cessation was important because smoking has been the single most essential preventable cause of premature death and morbidity. Positive Smoker Identity was a new construct representing positive smoker thoughts, images and feeling about smoking behaviour and culture. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire developed to measure Positive Smoker Identity among smokers in government agencies in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, and to study its prevalence and associated factors. A cross-sectional study was carried out from March 2017 to March 2018 using data collected from smokers. The respondents answered a set of proforma and questionnaires including PSmoQi, which was initially developed and tested for content, face and construct validity in a pilot study. Data were analysed using R Software Version 3.3.1. Two-hundred and fifty-three smokers, who were all male and Malay, participated in the study. Majority of them had attained secondary school education or lower (52.2%), were of lower job level (70%), were married (88.9%), smoked cigarette daily (74.7%), used conventional cigarette (96.4%), smoked at home (68%), got their cigarettes from shop (90.9%), reported good health status (83.4%), occasionally saw smoking cessation campaign in the media (52.2%), and used mostly cheaper-than-market-price cigarette (55.3%). The best factor solution confirmed for the PSmoQi items was a 6-factor solution, with an overall Cronbach’s alpha of 0.77. PSmoQi was shown to have acceptable convergent validity, good divergent validity, and adequate concurrent validity with Smoker Self-Concept Scale (SSCS-M). The prevalence of respondents with Positive Smoker Identity was 72.3%. Factors associatedwith Positive Smoker Identity were age (AOR: 1.042; 95% CI: 1.004, 1.081); p = 0.028), SSCS-M score (AOR: 1.216; 95% CI: 1.112, 1.329; p < 0.001), heaviness index (AOR: 1.002; 95% CI: 1.001, 1.004; p = 0.011), and educational attainment. (AOR: 0.458; 95% CI: 0.233, 0.900; p = 0.024). In summary, PSmoQi was a valid and reliable instrument to measure a comprehensively rich and deep Positive Smoker Identity construct, and would facilitate parametric statistical analyses in future studies on smoking cessation. 2018 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/46461/ http://eprints.usm.my/46461/1/Dr.%20Mohd%20Hanief%20Ahmad-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
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spellingShingle	RC31-1245 Internal medicine Ahmad, Mohd Hanief Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors
description	Smoking cessation was important because smoking has been the single most essential preventable cause of premature death and morbidity. Positive Smoker Identity was a new construct representing positive smoker thoughts, images and feeling about smoking behaviour and culture. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire developed to measure Positive Smoker Identity among smokers in government agencies in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, and to study its prevalence and associated factors. A cross-sectional study was carried out from March 2017 to March 2018 using data collected from smokers. The respondents answered a set of proforma and questionnaires including PSmoQi, which was initially developed and tested for content, face and construct validity in a pilot study. Data were analysed using R Software Version 3.3.1. Two-hundred and fifty-three smokers, who were all male and Malay, participated in the study. Majority of them had attained secondary school education or lower (52.2%), were of lower job level (70%), were married (88.9%), smoked cigarette daily (74.7%), used conventional cigarette (96.4%), smoked at home (68%), got their cigarettes from shop (90.9%), reported good health status (83.4%), occasionally saw smoking cessation campaign in the media (52.2%), and used mostly cheaper-than-market-price cigarette (55.3%). The best factor solution confirmed for the PSmoQi items was a 6-factor solution, with an overall Cronbach’s alpha of 0.77. PSmoQi was shown to have acceptable convergent validity, good divergent validity, and adequate concurrent validity with Smoker Self-Concept Scale (SSCS-M). The prevalence of respondents with Positive Smoker Identity was 72.3%. Factors associatedwith Positive Smoker Identity were age (AOR: 1.042; 95% CI: 1.004, 1.081); p = 0.028), SSCS-M score (AOR: 1.216; 95% CI: 1.112, 1.329; p < 0.001), heaviness index (AOR: 1.002; 95% CI: 1.001, 1.004; p = 0.011), and educational attainment. (AOR: 0.458; 95% CI: 0.233, 0.900; p = 0.024). In summary, PSmoQi was a valid and reliable instrument to measure a comprehensively rich and deep Positive Smoker Identity construct, and would facilitate parametric statistical analyses in future studies on smoking cessation.
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title	Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors
title_short	Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors
title_full	Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors
title_fullStr	Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors
title_full_unstemmed	Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors
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granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Positive smoker identity : a development and validation of smoking cessation instrument, and its associated factors

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