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Drug Test Anal ; 5(5): 366-71, 2013 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23386567

ABSTRACT

A preliminary initial cloned enzyme donor immunoassay (CEDIA) was optimized for serum and urine drug testing with respect to the German per se limits for driving under the influence of drugs (serum) and lowered cut-offs in cases of driving licence re-granting (urine). The tests were performed on an Olympus AU 400 auto analyzer. Validation revealed sensitivities between 93% and 100% based on comparison with data from gas or liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Even if specificity ranged between 83% and 98 %, the tests can be considered useful for forensic purposes. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, Youden indices, as well as positive and negative predictive values are presented.


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Illicit Drugs/blood , Illicit Drugs/urine , Immunoenzyme Techniques/methods , Substance Abuse Detection/methods , Automobile Driving , Humans , Sensitivity and Specificity
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Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20033664

ABSTRACT

Reducing the consumption of tobacco products in Germany is a health objective that is achievable with smoking cessation treatments for smokers. This objective turns out to be more successful when using different interventions for smoking cessation than with self-initiated smoking cessation methods. This survey describes the range of smoking cessation treatments in Germany and evaluates them on the basis of international guidelines.


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Practice Guidelines as Topic , Smoking Cessation/methods , Smoking Prevention , Germany , Humans , Internationality
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Health Educ Res ; 23(6): 1029-38, 2008 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17947247

ABSTRACT

According to an ecological perspective in psychology and in line with social cognitive theory, smoking behaviour is determined by different social contexts (for example, peers, family and school) providing adolescents with important role models. This paper investigates the effects of personal characteristics as well as family, peer and school context variables on youth smoking behaviour. We hypothesize that school smoking policy variables predict adolescents' smoking in addition to other context variables. Data were obtained from a self-report survey administered to 3364 students in 40 secondary schools in Bavaria, Germany. For both younger (10-15 years) and older (16-21 years) students, strong associations were found between smoking behaviour and (i) smoking best friends and friends in general, (ii) other substance use and (iii) school performance. In the younger age group, the non-existence of smoking bans for students was associated with an increased risk of being smoker. For the older students, a positive association was found between the presence of smoking teachers on school grounds and smoking behaviour. Results are discussed considering methodological aspects and public health concerns.


Subject(s)
Adolescent Behavior/psychology , Organizational Policy , Schools , Smoking/psychology , Social Environment , Adolescent , Child , Female , Germany , Humans , Male , Young Adult
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Gesundheitswesen ; 69(5): 311-8, 2007 May.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17582550

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Smoking mothers put their own health as well as that of their children at risk. Mother-child inpatient rehabilitation centres can be a suitable setting for reaching this target group and providing support for smoking cessation. AIM: The aim of the study is to describe for the first time the smoking prevalence and motivation to change of patients in German mother-child inpatient rehabilitation centres and to investigate the actual utilisation of an offered smoking cessation programme. METHOD: In a cross-sectional field study with a consecutive sample from 22 mother-child inpatient rehabilitation centres (N=4329 mothers) smoking prevalence, stage of preparedness to change according to the transtheoretical model and consideration to seek help for cessation were assessed via a questionnaire. In addition, the number of smokers who can be reached by the offer of a quit-smoking programme was assessed by means of reports of the course instructors. RESULTS: 29.2% of patients in mother-child rehabilitation are smokers. Compared to the female general population, a higher proportion of the women were in an advanced stage of preparedness to change (19.4% are in preparation) and the majority of smokers are willing to seek help to quit smoking. 37.6% of smoking mothers participated in the offered smoking cessation intervention. CONCLUSION: There is a high proportion of smokers and a high readiness to change in German mother-child rehabilitation centres. The actual participation rate in an offered smoking cessation programme is quite remarkable, but nevertheless has to be enhanced further. One possible approach is measures to enhance smoking mothers' motivation to quit.


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Inpatients/statistics & numerical data , Mother-Child Relations , Mothers/statistics & numerical data , Rehabilitation Centers/statistics & numerical data , Smoking Cessation/statistics & numerical data , Smoking Prevention , Smoking/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Female , Germany/epidemiology , Humans , Male
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