Abstract This Critical Synthesis Package contains: (1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and applications to health sciences education for the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), and (2) a copy of the FTND instrument and scoring key developed by Karl Fagerstrom, PhD.The FTND is a brief, self-report measure that assesses intensity of physical dependence to nicotine.The medium Argentina cow leather total score ranges from 0 to 10 with 0-2 indicating very low dependence; 3-4 indicating low dependence; 5 indicating medium dependence; 6-7 indicating high dependence; and 8-10 indicating very high dependence.
The FTND has multiple versions of varying psychometric qualities.The FTND has adequate reliability, but questionable validity.Specifically, research is conflicting on whether the FTND is a single factor or multi factor structure.
Further, the FTND appears to measure only a certain aspect of nicotine dependence and leaves out DSM dependence criteria.Similarly, while this is a brief assessment, findings should be interpreted with caution as individuals identified as nicotine dependent by the FTND are different from those identified as nicotine dependent by Fusewire other tools.