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. 2018 Dec 2;7:1878. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.16810.1

Table 1. Information on the ABOUT™ Toolbox and access to the instruments.

Instrument Concept of interest
(# items)
Context of use Target population Accessibility/Publications
Fully developed and validated instruments
Perceived
Risk
Health risk (18)
Addiction risk (7)
Harm to others (2)
Social and practical
risk scales are currently
under development
All TNPs
+ Cessation
Adult
current, former, and never TNP
users
Available in PROQOLID™ under
ABOUT™–Perceived Risk:
https://eprovide.mapi-trust.
org/instruments/about-perceived-
risk-formally-perceived-risk-
instrument-pri 25, 37
Use History Initiation
Cessation
Intensity of current and
past use
All TNPs Adult
current, former, and never TNP
users
Available in PROQOLID™ under
Smoking Questionnaire (SQ):
https://eprovide.mapi-trust.
org/instruments/smoking-
questionnaire2 52, 53
Instruments in development
Product
Experience
Satisfaction (3)
Psychological reward (5)
Craving reduction (1)
Aversion (2)
Enjoyment of respiratory
tract sensation (1)
All TNPs
Different recall periods
Adult
current TNP users
Available in PROQOLID™ in 2019
Dependence Time to first and last
product
use (2)
Attitudinal evaluation (5)
Behavioral evaluation (5)
All TNPs Adult
single or poly-TNP users
Available in PROQOLID™ in 2019
Health and
Functioning
Body structure and
function
Activity
Participation
Personal factors
Environmental factors
All TNPs
+ Cessation
Adult
current and former TNP users
Development initiated in 2018

PROQOLID™, Patient-Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database; TNPs, Tobacco and Nicotine Products.