Reliability and validity of 6-month timeline reports of cocaine and heroin use in a methadone population.
Reliability and validity of 6-month timeline reports of cocaine and heroin use in a methadone population.
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美沙酮人群中可卡因和海洛因使用情况的 6 个月时间线报告的可靠性和有效性。
DOI：
10.1037//0022-006x.62.4.843
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发表时间：
1994
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Robbins,SJ
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作者：
Ehrman,RN;Robbins,SJ
59名海洛因成瘾者和美沙酮维持者在间隔6周的2次时间轴日历访谈中报告了每日海洛因和可卡因使用情况。将涵盖6个月的回顾性报告与期间每周采集的尿液样本进行比较。重测相关性高，药物使用频率的时间轴估计值与药物阳性尿液结果的频率显著相关。因此，药物使用频率的时间轴报告似乎既可靠又有效。个体参与者平均多报或少报约15%，并且当特定的药物使用事件发生时，他们没有以大于偶然的准确性识别药物使用的实例。这些结果支持使用时间轴报告对长期药物使用进行组间比较，但表明不应使用时间轴数据来确定特定的药物使用事件。为了推广这些结论，有必要与其他药物使用人群合作。
Fifty-nine persons addicted to heroin and maintained by methadone reported on daily heroin and cocaine use during 2 timeline calendar interviews administered 6 weeks apart. Retrospective reports covering 6 months were compared with urine samples taken weekly during the interval. Test–retest correlations were high and timeline estimates of drug use frequency were significantly correlated with the frequency of drug-positive urine results. Thus, timeline reports of drug-use frequency appeared both reliable and valid. Individual participants either over-or under-reported by an average of about 15%, and they did not identify instances of drug use with greater than chance accuracy when particular episodes of drug use occurred. These results support the use of timeline reports to make group comparisons of long-term drug use, but suggest that timeline data should not be used to identify specific drug-use episodes. Work with other drug-use populations is necessary to extend these conclusions.