The Psychometric Properties of the Minnesota Tobacco Withdrawal Scale Among Patients With Mental Illness.
Yazan D Al-MrayatChizimuzo T C OkoliChristina R StudtsMary K RayensEllen J HahnPublished in: Biological research for nursing (2019)
The MTWS demonstrated adequate reliable and valid psychometric properties for measuring NW among patients with SMI. Nurses and other health-care professionals may use this instrument in clinical practice to identify patients with SMI experiencing NW. The MTWS is psychometrically sound for capturing NW during tobacco-free psychiatric hospitalization. Future research should examine the efficacy of the MTWS in measuring NW in this population over an extended period of hospitalization.