Test-Retest Reliability of Psychoactive Substance Abuse and Dependence Diagnoses in Telephone Interviews Using a Modified Diagnostic Interview Schedule-Substance Abuse Module

Georgia B. Aktan Michigan Department of Community Health Center for Substance Abuse Services Lansing, Michigan

Richard F. Calkins Michigan Department of Community Health Center for Substance Abuse Services Lansing, Michigan

Kurt M. Ribisl Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, California

Alice Kroliczak The Gallup Organization Rockville, Maryland

Rafa M. Kasim Michigan Department of Community Health Center for Substance Abuse Services Lansing, Michigan

Abstract

The test-retest reliability of lifetime substance abuse and dependence diagnoses obtained by telephone interviewers was investigated. Trained personnel administered two identical interviews based on a modified Diagnostic Interview Schedule-Substance Abuse Module (DIS-SAM) approximately a week apart for 100 respondents, of whom 55 were receiving alco-

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