Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence - FTND

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 27, 2018

Last Modified: January 15, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements a computerized version of the Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND) as described in:

Heatherton TF, Kozlowski LT Frecker RC (1991). The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence: A revision of the Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire. British Journal of Addiction 86:1119-27.

Duration

0.5 minutes

Overview

6 questions regarding nicotine dependence

Summary Data

File Name: ftnd_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
radioButtons.cigaretteSmoking.response 0 = participant does currently not smoke; 1 = participant currently smokes
total Sum of individual scores (range: 0-10)
individual scores
radioButtons.q1.response (range: 0-3)
radioButtons.q2.response (range: 0-1)
radioButtons.q3.response (range: 0-1)
radioButtons.q4.response (range: 0-3)
radioButtons.q5.response (range: 0-1)
radioButtons.q6.response (range: 0-1)

Raw Data

File Name: ftnd_survey.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: question dependant
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)