Sandí Esquivel L E, Avila Corrales K
Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia, San José, Costa Rica.
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1990;24(1):70-6.
Until recently, no adapted and validated instrument was available for assessing the alcohol and drug problems of individuals in Costa Rica. This article reports the results of a study performed by Costa Rica's Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in order to test an adapted version of one such instrument, the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), in a Costa Rican setting. The instrument was used to interview 100 male subjects 18 to 64 years old (51 with diagnosed alcohol or drug problems and 49 controls). In general, the subjects with previously diagnosed alcohol or drug problems were assigned substantially higher scores. More specifically, statistical analysis indicated highly significant correlations (p less than 0.001) between the type of subject (test subject or control) and the likelihood that noteworthy problems would be found in the areas of alcohol use, family/social relations, work/finances, and psychological status. Overall, the study demonstrated that the instrument was capable of distinguishing between the affected and unaffected populations, and also of gauging the severity of the problems involved and the patients' treatment needs.
直到最近，哥斯达黎加还没有适用于评估个人酒精和药物问题的经过改编和验证的工具。本文报告了哥斯达黎加酒精中毒和药物依赖研究所进行的一项研究结果，该研究旨在在哥斯达黎加的环境中测试一种此类工具——成瘾严重程度指数（ASI）的改编版本。该工具用于采访100名年龄在18至64岁之间的男性受试者（51名被诊断有酒精或药物问题，49名作为对照）。一般来说，先前被诊断有酒精或药物问题的受试者得分要高得多。更具体地说，统计分析表明，受试者类型（测试受试者或对照）与在酒精使用、家庭/社会关系、工作/财务和心理状态等方面发现显著问题的可能性之间存在高度显著的相关性（p小于0.001）。总体而言，该研究表明，该工具能够区分受影响人群和未受影响人群，还能够衡量所涉及问题的严重程度以及患者的治疗需求。
