Validation of the French version of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) in the elderly

Autor: Barbara Broers, Yasser Khazaal, Riaz Khan, Anne Chatton, Vladimir Poznyak, Gerard Calzada, Audrey Nallet, Sophia Achab, Daniele Fabio Zullino, Gabriel Thorens
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Questionnaires
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Psychometrics/instrumentation
lcsh:Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Psychometrics
Substance-Related Disorders
media_common.quotation_subject
Concurrent validity
Addiction
ASSIST
Audit
lcsh:HV1-9960
ddc:616.89
Elderly
Cronbach's alpha
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tobacco
medicine
Humans
Psychiatry
Substance use disorders
media_common
ddc:613
Aged
Aged
80 and over
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
business.industry
Substance-Related Disorders/diagnosis
Health Policy
Public health
Research
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Reproducibility of Results
lcsh:RA1-1270
Tobacco Use Disorder
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health psychology
Female
Alcohol-Related Disorders/diagnosis
business
Alcohol
Alcohol-Related Disorders
Tobacco Use Disorder/diagnosis
Switzerland
Zdroj: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 14 (2012)
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Vol. 7 (2012) P. 14
ISSN: 1747-597X
Popis: Background Substance use disorders seem to be an under considered health problem amongst the elderly. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), was developed by the World Health Organization to detect substance use disorders. The present study evaluates the psychometric properties of the French version of ASSIST in a sample of elderly people attending geriatric outpatient facilities (primary care or psychiatric facilities). Methods One hundred persons older than 65 years were recruited from clients attending a geriatric policlinic day care centre and from geriatric psychiatric facilities. Measures included ASSIST, Addiction Severity Index (ASI), Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI-Plus), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Revised Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire-Smoking (RTQ) and MiniMental State(MMS). Results Concurrent validity was established with significant correlations between ASSIST scores, scores from ASI, AUDIT, RTQ, and significantly higher ASSIST scores for patients with a MINI-Plus diagnosis of abuse or dependence. The ASSIST questionnaire was found to have high internal consistency for the total substance involvement along with specific substance involvement as assessed by Cronbach’s α, ranging from 0.66, to 0.89 . Conclusions The findings demonstrate that ASSIST is a valid screening test for identifying substance use disorders in elderly.
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