TY - JOUR
T1 - Methodological issues in measuring treatment outcome in adolescent smoking cessation studies
AU - Mermelstein, Robin
AU - Colby, Suzanne M.
AU - Patten, Christi
AU - Prokhorov, Alexander
AU - Brown, Richard
AU - Myers, Mark
AU - Adelman, William
AU - Hudmon, Karen
AU - McDonald, Paul
PY - 2002/11
Y1 - 2002/11
N2 - As the prevalence of adolescent smoking and, notably, regular smoking has increased over the last decade, researchers and practitioners have called for a consideration of treatment programs to promote cessation among adolescents who smoke. The adolescent smoking cessation treatment field is still in its infancy, though. The literature addressing adolescent cessation is rather limited to date, often plagued by methodological problems and characterized by little success. Many basic methodological questions remain for researchers to address before we will be able to answer questions such as which treatment approaches work best for which adolescent smokers. The purpose of this paper is to review briefly what is known about adolescent smoking cessation, to identify some important methodological issues to consider in treatment outcome studies, and to make recommendations to researchers to help provide a common ground for future comparisons of results across studies. We will address the natural history of adolescent smoking cessation, treatment outcomes, validity of self-reports and biochemical validation, and research recommendations.
AB - As the prevalence of adolescent smoking and, notably, regular smoking has increased over the last decade, researchers and practitioners have called for a consideration of treatment programs to promote cessation among adolescents who smoke. The adolescent smoking cessation treatment field is still in its infancy, though. The literature addressing adolescent cessation is rather limited to date, often plagued by methodological problems and characterized by little success. Many basic methodological questions remain for researchers to address before we will be able to answer questions such as which treatment approaches work best for which adolescent smokers. The purpose of this paper is to review briefly what is known about adolescent smoking cessation, to identify some important methodological issues to consider in treatment outcome studies, and to make recommendations to researchers to help provide a common ground for future comparisons of results across studies. We will address the natural history of adolescent smoking cessation, treatment outcomes, validity of self-reports and biochemical validation, and research recommendations.
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U2 - 10.1080/1462220021000018470
DO - 10.1080/1462220021000018470
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12521399
AN - SCOPUS:0036866604
SN - 1462-2203
VL - 4
SP - 395
EP - 403
JO - Nicotine and Tobacco Research
JF - Nicotine and Tobacco Research
IS - 4
ER -