PMID- 23824023
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130909
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1175-8716 (Electronic)
IS  - 0028-8446 (Linking)
VI  - 126
IP  - 1375
DP  - 2013 May 31
TI  - Parent versus child reporting of tobacco smoke exposure at home and in the car.
PG  - 37-47
AB  - AIMS: To compare self-reported exposure to tobacco smoke in the home or in cars 
      between parents and their pre-adolescent children. METHODS: We analysed data on 
      self-reported exposure to secondhand smoke from 3,645 matched pairs of children 
      at baseline (aged between 10 and 13 years) and their parents whether smokers or 
      not, who were participants in Keeping Kids Smokefree (KKS), a community-based 
      study in South Auckland, New Zealand from 2007-2009. The study aimed to reduce 
      children's smoking initiation through parental behaviour change. The responses of 
      the parent-child pairs were analysed using proportions, Kappa scores, and 
      McNemar's Chi-squared test. Additionally, 679 children were biochemically tested 
      for smoking exposure using exhaled carbon monoxide. RESULTS: There was 
      approximately a 30% discordance between the self-reports of children and their 
      parents, with parents reporting less smoking in homes or cars than their 
      children. Kappa scores for parent-child agreement by ethnicity ranged from 0.15 
      to 0.41 for smoking at home and 0.17 to 0.54 for smoking in cars. Biochemical 
      testing suggested that around 30% of children had been exposed to secondhand 
      smoke, corroborating their self-reported proportion of 37% (baseline in the home) 
      whereas few parents (11%) reported smoking in home or cars. CONCLUSION: Parents 
      were significantly less likely than children to report smoking inside the home or 
      car. Biochemical testing indicated that children's reporting is more accurate. 
      This has implications for future studies relying on self-reporting by children 
      and/or their caregivers.
FAU - Glover, Marewa
AU  - Glover M
AD  - Centre for Tobacco Control Research, School of Population Health, University of 
      Auckland, New Zealand. m.glover@auckland.ac.nz
FAU - Hadwen, Georgy
AU  - Hadwen G
FAU - Chelimo, Carol
AU  - Chelimo C
FAU - Scragg, Robert
AU  - Scragg R
FAU - Bullen, Chris
AU  - Bullen C
FAU - Gentles, Dudley
AU  - Gentles D
FAU - Nosa, Vili
AU  - Nosa V
FAU - McCool, Judith
AU  - McCool J
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130531
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - N Z Med J
JT  - The New Zealand medical journal
JID - 0401067
RN  - 0 (Biomarkers)
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
RN  - 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Air Pollution, Indoor
MH  - Automobiles
MH  - Biomarkers/analysis
MH  - Carbon Monoxide/analysis
MH  - Child
MH  - *Child Welfare/ethnology
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Inhalation Exposure/analysis/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
MH  - New Zealand
MH  - *Parents
MH  - *Self Report
MH  - *Tobacco Smoke Pollution
EDAT- 2013/07/05 06:00
MHDA- 2013/09/10 06:00
CRDT- 2013/07/05 06:00
PHST- 2013/07/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/09/10 06:00 [medline]
PST - epublish
SO  - N Z Med J. 2013 May 31;126(1375):37-47.