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Measuring Willingness to Accept Second-Hand Smoke Exposure. 2015

Ameerah Y Mansour, and Zuhair Bakhsh

Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. aymansour@kau.edu.sa.

OBJECTIVE To develop a scale to measure willingness to accept secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, and to assess its psychometric properties. METHODS We sent a questionnaire containing items on willingness to accept SHS exposure to a convenience sample of 420 senior dental students for self-administration. We assessed the internal consistency of the scale using Cronbach's alpha. Principal component analysis was used to identify scale components. RESULTS A total of 338 students completed the questionnaire (80.5%). Of those, 96% reported exposure to SHS. Cronbach's alpha was .87 for the 13-item scale, indicating good internal consistency. The mean (SD) score (aggregate measure) for the 13-item scale was 46.8 (21.1). Principal component analysis revealed a structure with 3 components: unwillingness to accept SHS exposure, routine willingness to accept SHS exposure, and willingness to accept SHS exposure when avoidance is difficult. Mean scores differed significantly according to smoking status, providing initial support for the scale construct validity. CONCLUSIONS The multicomponent, 13-item scale was a valid and reliable measure of willingness to accept SHS exposure. If validated in other populations, it might be useful in planning and evaluating tobacco prevention programs in these populations.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011594	Psychometrics	Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.	Psychometric
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires	Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.	Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001294	Attitude to Health	Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.	Health Attitude,Attitude, Health,Attitudes, Health,Health Attitudes,Health, Attitude to
D013334	Students	Individuals enrolled in a school or formal educational program.	School Enrollment,Enrollment, School,Enrollments, School,School Enrollments,Student
D014028	Tobacco Smoke Pollution	Contamination of the air by tobacco smoke.	Air Pollution, Tobacco Smoke,Environmental Pollution, Tobacco Smoke,Passive Smoking,Smoking, Passive,Environmental Smoke Pollution, Tobacco,Environmental Tobacco Smoke Pollution,Involuntary Smoking,Second Hand Smoke,Secondhand Smoke,Secondhand Smoking,Hand Smoke, Second,Hand Smokes, Second,Involuntary Smokings,Passive Smokings,Pollution, Tobacco Smoke,Pollutions, Tobacco Smoke,Second Hand Smokes,Secondhand Smokes,Secondhand Smokings,Smoke Pollution, Tobacco,Smoke Pollutions, Tobacco,Smoke, Second Hand,Smoke, Secondhand,Smokes, Second Hand,Smokes, Secondhand,Smoking, Involuntary,Smoking, Secondhand,Smokings, Involuntary,Smokings, Passive,Smokings, Secondhand,Tobacco Smoke Pollutions