ABOUT™—Dependence (ABOUT™—Dependence)

WEBINAR: An Author Webinar on the ABOUT™ Toolbox - Recorded session available here!

Background:

Philip Morris has launched an ongoing collaborative effort to develop fit-for-purpose measurement instruments (i.e., concept-driven instruments providing interpretable outcomes for the purpose intended) to enhance the scientific framework of harm reduction. This new initiative has resulted in the creation of the ABOUT™ Toolbox (Assessment of Behavioral OUtcomes related to Tobacco and nicotine products). The ABOUT™ Toolbox currently comprises five measurement instruments that are at various stages of development and validation.

The ABOUT™—Dependence is a self-report instrument designed to measure the perceived dependence associated with the use of tobacco and nicotine-containing products (TNPs), including smoke-free products (e.g. heated tobacco products, e-cigarettes, Nicotine Replacement Therapy products (NRTs), smokeless tobacco) and combustible products (e.g. cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos). The measurement of dependence on TNPs has primarily focused on assessing product-specific dependence (notably cigarette dependence) rather than overall dependence associated with the use of one or more TNPs. The ABOUT™—Dependence was developed to provide a measure of perceived psychological dependence associated with the use of different TNPs and across exclusive and multiple TNPs users.

More details are available on www.pmiscience.com

Chrea C, Acquadro C, Afolalu EF, Spies E, Salzberger T, Abetz-Webb L, Cano S, Arnould B, Mainy N, Rose J, Weitkunat R. Developing fit-for-purpose self-report instruments for assessing consumer responses to tobacco and nicotine products: the ABOUT™ Toolbox initiative. F1000Res. 2018 Dec 2;7:1878 (Full text article)

Chrea C, Salzberger T, Abetz-Webb L. Development of a Tobacco and Nicotine Products Dependence Instrument. Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco. 24^th Annual Meeting. 2018 Feb (Full text article)

Chrea C, Salzberger T, Abetz-Webb L. Development of a fit-for-purpose tobacco and nicotine product dependence instrument. ISPOR Europe. 2018 Nov (Full text article)

Chrea C, Salzberger T, Abetz-Webb L. Psychometric validation of the ABOUT-Dependence : A Fit-for-purpose instrument to assess global dependence on tobacco and nicotine products. Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco. 25^th Annual Meeting. 2019 Feb (Full text article)

Salzberger T, Cano S, Abetz-Webb L, Afolalu E, Chrea C, Weitkunat R, Fagerström K, Rose J. Addressing traceability in social measurement: establishing a common metric for dependence. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2019 Nov; 1379(1):012024 (Full text article)

Examination copies can only be used for the limited purpose of examining the suitability of the Questionnaire for subsequent research and/or clinical use, and cannot be used in research or in clinical practice or distributed to others.
You are not authorized to modify, retype, translate, copy or otherwise duplicate the Questionnaire except with the further and prior written permission of Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

• ABOUT™—Dependence in English for the USA

The list of available translations is subject to constant changes and may not be exhaustive. It is provided for information only. Some recently produced translations may not be included in the list below yet. Please do check the status of available translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

Also, the listed translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

For information on, or permission to use the translations, please contact Mapi Research Trust