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 |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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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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