Dental health history forms may underreport adolescent smoking
Article Title and Bibliographic Information
How well does the health history form identify adolescent smokers?
Hennrikus D, Rindal DB, et al. J Am Dent Assoc 2005;136(8):1113-20.
Level of Evidence
4c
Purpose/Question
The purpose of this study was to compare the identification of smoking status and provision of advice about smoking among adolescents during regular dental visits as recorded on patients' health history forms to similar information collected via telephone interviews.
Source of Funding
Grant R01 DE12677 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Type of Study/Design
Diagnostic test
University of Florida, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, 1329 SW 16th Street, PO Box 103628, Rm 5180, Gainesville, FL 32610-3628
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