165 (165)    MH REPORT (601.93)

Name Value
REPORT NUMBER 165
INSTRUMENT FTND
RPT
|.|.|Fagerstrm Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) |
 0-2 = Very low dependence|
  3-4 = Low dependence|
  5 = Medium dependence|
  6-7 = High dependence|
  8-10 = Very high dependence| |
 
 
Questions and Answers| |
1. How soon after you wake up do you smoke/use your first cigarette/chew?|
   <*Answer_7951*>| |
  |   Date Given: <.Date_Given.>|   Clinician: <.Staff_Ordered_By.>|   
2. Do you smoke/chew more frequently in the hours after waking than 
during the|   rest of the day?|
   <*Answer_7952*>| |
3. Do you find it difficult not to smoke/chew?|
   <*Answer_7953*>| |
4. Which cigarette/chew would be the hardest to give up?|
   <*Answer_7954*>| |
5. How many cigarettes do you smoke in a day?|
   <*Answer_7955*>| |
6. Do you smoke when you're so sick that you're home in bed?|
Location:  <.Location.>|   |   Veteran:  <.Patient_Name_Last_First.>|   
   <*Answer_7956*>| |
 
 
 
Information contained in this note is based on a self-report assessment| 
and is not sufficient to use alone for diagnostic purposes. Assessment| 
results should be verified for accuracy and used in conjunction with| 
other diagnostic activities.| |
 
Adapted with permission: The Fagerstrm Test for Nicotine Dependence: a| 
SSN: <.Patient_SSN.>|   DOB: <.Patient_Date_Of_Birth.> (<.Patient_Age.>)
revision of the Fagerstrm Tolerance Questionnaire, by T. F. Heatherton,|
 L. et al., 1991, British Journal of Addiction, 86(9).|
 
 
 
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|   Gender: <.Patient_Gender.>|  |
 
NICOTINE DEPENDENCE SCORE: <*Answer_7771*>|  |
 
RANGE OF SCORES|