A comparison of a prospective diary and two summary recall techniques for recording alcohol consumption.
A comparison of a prospective diary and two summary recall techniques for recording alcohol consumption.
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10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00792.x
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1989-09
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M. Hilton
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最近的可靠性研究将日记中的饮酒情况自我报告与饮酒情况的回顾性回忆进行了比较，但得出了相互矛盾的结果。虽然一些优秀研究（Lemmens et al., 1988a; Poikolainen & Kärkkäinen, 1983）支持的流行观点是日记可以提供更准确的记录，但一些研究显示回顾性回忆可以得到更好的结果（Midanik et al., 1989; Simpura, 1988）。目前对 83 名志愿者进行的研究将日记与两种回顾性回忆程序进行了比较——酒精研究小组开发的分级数量频率方法和美国国家健康访谈调查系列中使用的特定于饮料的常用量程序。受试者被要求完成所有三个程序。结果表明，与预期日记的结果相比，两种测试的回忆技术都达到了可接受的可靠性水平。这意味着更容易管理的回忆技术对于许多研究目的来说可能是可接受的。
Recent reliability studies in which self reports of alcohol consumption taken from diaries have been compared against retrospective recall of alcohol consumption have yielded contradictory results. While the popular wisdom, supported by some excellent studies (Lemmens et al., 1988a; Poikolainen & Kärkkäinen, 1983) is that diaries yield the more accurate account, some studies have shown better results with a retrospective recall (Midanik et al., 1989; Simpura, 1988). The present study of 83 volunteer subjects compares a diary with two retrospective recall procedures--a graduated quantity frequency approach developed at the Alcohol Research Group and a beverage-specific, usual amount procedure used in the U.S. National Health Interview Survey series. Subjects were asked to complete all three procedures. Results show that both of the recall techniques tested achieved an acceptable level of reliability when compared against the results of prospective diaries. The implication of this is that the more easily administered recall techniques may be acceptable for many research purposes.