AGREEMENT BETWEEN 2 MEASURES OF DRUG-USE IN A LOW-PREVALENCE POPULATION

被引：15

作者：

HANCOCK, L ^{[1
]}

HENNRIKUS, D ^{[1
]}

HENRY, DA ^{[1
]}

SANSONFISHER, R ^{[1
]}

WALSH, R ^{[1
]}

LEWIS, JH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MACQUARIE HOSP,OLIVER LATHAM LABS,RYDE,AUSTRALIA

来源：

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS | 1991年 / 16卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1016/0306-4603(91)90058-P

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

The present study examined the agreement between two measures of prevalence of drug use in the community: self-report and specific pharmacological analyses of urine samples. The data were collected in the context of a random community survey of health practices and attitudes. A random 20% of the households participating in the health study were targeted for biochemical assay. Compliance with urine delivery was relatively high at 79%. Urine samples were screened qualitatively for cannabinoids and benzodiazepines using the enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT) (Syva Diagnostics, Palo Alto, CA). Screening for pharmaceuticals used a standard thin-layer chromatography (TLC) technique. Agreement between the self-report and biochemical assay estimates of prevalence was statistically significant (p < .05). While self-report of substance use is not a perfect measure of consumption, it remains a relatively economical and reasonably accurate method of obtaining estimates of substance use in community samples.

引用

页码：507 / 516

页数：10

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