Motlaq Mohammad Esmaeil, Garrusi Behshid, Shamsinejad Behrang
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Kerman Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Addict Health. 2009 Fall;1(2):87-91.
Iran (I.R.) is suffering the growing problem of opiate abuse. In evaluation of the treatment plan for opium dependent patients, a valid and reliable instrument is needed to measure patients' severity of dependence. This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the "Substance Dependence Severity Scale" (SDSS).
After translating the English version of SDSS to Persian and then back translating it to English, a structured interview with 200 opium dependent patients was conducted to collect data. Then, reliability (internal consistency and test-retest procedure) and construct validity were tested.
The alpha coefficient was 0.77 and the correlation between test and retest results showed a high correlation coefficient (0.97) which confirmed the reliability. Construct validity was assessed by a cross-check against General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the results were in favor of its validity. But the correlation between the amount of substance usage and scores of the 1(st) and 2(nd) questions were not within the acceptable range.
The results support the reliability of the Persian version of SDSS, but to confirm its validity further studies are needed.
伊朗正面临阿片类药物滥用问题日益严重的情况。在评估阿片类药物依赖患者的治疗方案时,需要一种有效且可靠的工具来衡量患者的依赖严重程度。本研究旨在评估波斯语版“物质依赖严重程度量表”(SDSS)的信度和效度。
将英文版SDSS翻译成波斯语,再回译成英语后,对200名阿片类药物依赖患者进行结构化访谈以收集数据。然后,测试信度(内部一致性和重测程序)和结构效度。
阿尔法系数为0.77,重测结果之间的相关性显示出较高的相关系数(0.97),证实了信度。通过与一般健康问卷(GHQ)交叉核对评估结构效度,结果支持其效度。但物质使用量与第一和第二个问题得分之间的相关性不在可接受范围内。
结果支持波斯语版SDSS的信度,但要证实其效度还需要进一步研究。