Ways of measuring drinking patterns and the difference they make: experience with graduated frequencies
Ways of measuring drinking patterns and the difference they make: experience with graduated frequencies
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10.1016/s0899-3289(00)00039-0
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2000-01-01
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Greenfield, TK
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Greenfield, TK
本文综述了评估酒精消费量和饮酒模式的方法学问题。它侧重于酒精研究小组(ARG)开发的三种测量方法，用于在一系列分级的数量间隔中评估饮酒频率，称为分级数量-频率(QF)方法。这三个衡量标准包括两个参考期，30天和12个月，并使用三种不同的方式组合毕业后的QF数据。卡哈兰-特雷曼30天指标是为自我管理的邮件调查而开发的，目标是每天饮酒量，阈值按升序询问。另外两个衡量标准使用降序数量范围。Knupfer系列(KS)要求提供三种饮料特定的数量级别。分级频率(GF)测量评估五个级别的组合酒精的摄入量。两者都有面对面和电话两种形式。所有这三个衡量标准都是在表格或面试中定义的“饮料”指标中询问消费情况；每种衡量标准都对估计消费量和消费模式很有用。方法研究包括与其他测量方法的比较，受试者之间和受试者内部的访谈比较，以及旨在检查认知反应过程的定性礼仪分析。考虑了每种措施的用途，并提出了改进和更彻底地规范饮酒模式的建议。(C)2001 Elsevier Science Inc.保留所有权利。
This paper reviews methodological issues in assessing volume and pattern of alcohol consumption. It focuses on three measures developed at the Alcohol Research Group (ARG) to assess frequencies of drinking in a graduated series of quantity intervals, called the graduated quantity-frequency (QF) approach. The three measures include two reference periods, 30 days and 12 months, and use three distinct ways of assembling the graduated QF data. The Cahalan-Treiman 30-day measure, developed for self-administered mail surveys, targets daily amounts of beverage alcohol, with thresholds asked in ascending order. The other two measures use descending quantity ranges. The Knupfer Series (KS) asks for three beverage-specific quantity levels. The Graduated Frequencies (GF) measure assesses intake of combined alcohol with five levels. Both are available in face-to-face and telephone formats. All three measures inquire about consumption in the metric of "drinks," defined within the form or interview; each is useful for estimating volume and pattern of consumption. Methodological studies with the GF include comparisons with other measures, between- and within-subject interview comparisons, and qualitative protocol analyses designed to examine cognitive response processes. Uses for each measure are considered, and recommendations are made for improvement and more thorough specification of drinking patterns. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.