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Citation |
Simpson TL, Galloway C, Rosenthal CF, Bush KR, McBride B, Kivlahan DR. Am. J. Addict. 2011; 20(1): 63-68. |
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Affiliation |
VISN 20 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Seattle, Washington Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, Seattle, Washington VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research, Seattle, Washington San Francisco VAMC, San Francisco, California. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2011, John Wiley and Sons) |
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21175922 |
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Abstract |
Most studies comparing frequent self-monitoring protocols and retrospective assessments of alcohol use find good correspondence, but have excluded participants with significant comorbidity and/or social instability, and some have included abstainers. We evaluated the correspondence between measures of alcohol use based on daily interactive voice response (IVR) telephone monitoring and a 28-day modification of the Form-90 (Form-28). Participants were 25 outpatients with alcohol use disorder and significant PTSD symptomatology . Overall correlations between the IVR and Form-28 on days drinking and total standard drink units (SDUs) were strong for the entire sample and the subsample of drinkers (n = 7). Day-to-day correspondence between IVR and Form-28 was modest, but much stronger for the most recent week assessed than for the prior 3 weeks. Finally, the drinkers reported significantly greater total SDUs and heavy drinking days on the Form-28 than via IVR. The results indicate a need for further refinement of IVR methodology for treatment seeking populations as well as caution when retrospectively assessing drinking over time periods longer than a week among these individuals. (Am J Addict 2010;00:1-6). Language: en |