WORKPLACE DRUG USE PREVALENCE ESTIMATION METHODS

该项目旨在测试主观（自我报告）和 客观（化学测试）方法评估流行的 劳动力滥用药物。 该研究将对比几个主观的 根据尿液分析进行客观评估的药物使用报告， 利用一家大公司的合作（西屋公司与其 员工和申请人作为主体），以制定有效的、有效的 药物滥用和酒精滥用流行率估计方法和准则 工业上 这项研究符合NIDA的关键要求（关于： 公告号DA-87 - 26）".开发和利用有效可靠的 毒品使用发生率和流行率的评估方法 工作场所在可能的情况下，药物使用应记录在 适当测量体液中的水平。" 本研究的具体目标是：测试主观（自我） 评估求职者滥用药物的方法， 在职雇员（测试方法包括自我管理 问卷调查（SAQ）和个人访谈，收集现场和 非现场和电话访谈）;验证主观评估 违反化学测试客观标准的技术; 确定药物使用的二分衡量标准 通过化学测试和更详细的药物描述产生 和酒精使用模式和情况;以产生准确的 对某大公司雇员中药物滥用流行率的估计 工作场所;提供关于员工药物滥用的数据库， 用于未来的研究;并制定有效的，有效的 药物和酒精滥用评估方法和指南 在工业上的盛行。 整体研究设计结合了经典的效标效度设计 (with尿液分析结果作为标准）， 对比主观评价方法。 数据将收集于 共有1800名工人（900名求职者和900名在职人员 雇员）。 900名求职者将被彻底抽样; 在职员工将从劳动力中随机抽样， 三个研究中心; 25%随机样本将提供所需的样本量 在每个站点。 自我报告数据和尿液分析数据将 进行多种类型的分析。

This project is intended to test both subjective (self-report) and objective (chemical testing) methods of assessing the prevalence of workforce drug abuse. The research will contrast several subjective reports of drug use with objective assessments based on urinalysis, employing the cooperation of a large company (Westinghouse with its employees and applicants as subjects) to develop valid, effective methods and guidelines for estimating drug and alcohol abuse prevalence in industry. This research meets a critical NIDA requirement (re: Announcement No. DA-87-26) "...to develop and utilize valid and reliable methods of assessing incidence and prevalence of drug use at the workplace ... where possible, drug usage should be documented by appropriate measures of levels in body fluids." The specific objectives of the research are: to test subjective (self- report) methods of assessing substance abuse among job applicants and in-service employees (methods to be tested include self-administered questionnaires (SAQ) and personal interviews, collected both on-site and off-site, and telephone interviews); to validate subjective assessment techniques against the objective criterion of chemical testing; to determine the relationship between the dichotomous measure of drug use produced by chemical testing and the more detailed descriptions of drug and alcohol use patterns and circumstances; to produce accurate estimates of the prevalence of drug abuse among employees at a major worksite; to provide a data base on employee substance abuse that can be used for future research studies; and to develop valid, effective methods and guidelines for use in estimating drug and alcohol abuse prevalence in industry. The overall research design combines a classic criterion validity design (with urinalysis results as the criterion) with a rigorous experimental contrast the subjective assessment methods. Data is to be collected on a total of 1800 workers (900 job applicants and 900 in-service employees). The 900 job applicants will be sampled exhaustively; the in-service employees will be randomly sampled from the workforce at three sites; a 25% radom sample will provide the sample sizes required at each site. The self-report data and the urinalysis data will be subjected to several types of analysis.