TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Development and validation of an Arabic version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 (DAST-10) among Saudi drug abusers
JO  - Journal of psychoactive drugs
A1  - Murad, Hussam Aly Sayed
A1  - AlHarthi, Nawaf Abdulaziz
A1  - Bakarman, Marwan Abdulrhman
A1  - Gazzaz, Zohair Jamil
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The Drug Abuse Screening Test-10 (DAST-10) is a valid and reliable screening tool for drug use-related problems, however there is no Arabic version. To our knowledge, this is the first study to develop and validate an Arabic DAST-10 version. Saudi young adults participated in the study as two groups; drug users (n=360) recruited from Alamal Complex for Mental Health, Jeddah, and drug non-users (n=100). Three measures were used: (1) Demographic and drug use description questionnaire, (2) Arabic DAST-10 version, and (3) Urine analysis for drug use. The developed Arabic DAST-10 version demonstrated adequate internal consistency. High correlations were shown between its scores and the two standard measures (urine analysis and self-reporting question) indicating good criterion validity. Sensitivity and specificity values were between 91.5 - 99.7% and 57 - 92.5% with different DAST-10 cutoff values. An optimal performance at a cutoff score of 3 or more was most likely to significantly identify drug users. Discriminant analysis showed that more than 90% of cases were correctly classified. Distribution of participants in categories of DAST-10 scores according to degree of problems was reasonable. It is concluded that the developed Arabic DAST-10 version is a reliable and valid screening tool for drug use-related problems in Arabic speakers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0279-1072
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2021.2013580
ID  - ref1
ER  -