Desmond D P, Maddux J F, Johnson T H, Confer B A
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7792, USA.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 1995 Mar-Apr;12(2):95-102. doi: 10.1016/0740-5472(94)00076-4.
Studies of the outcomes of substance abuse treatment are often handicapped because of subjects lost to follow-up. While follow-up data may be obtained from several sources, the follow-up interview often serves as the principal source of data. Difficulties are regularly encountered in locating and interviewing subjects not in treatment. From review of the literature on follow-up methodology and our own experience, we identified 10 procedures for effective follow-up. Application of these procedures is illustrated in a follow-up study of illicit opioid users treated in a methadone maintenance program. Follow-up interviews were obtained with 98% of the subjects. We recommend use of the 10 procedures by follow-up researchers, and we also recommend review of several previous publications on follow-up methodology.
由于失访问题，药物滥用治疗结果的研究常常受到阻碍。虽然随访数据可从多个来源获得，但随访访谈往往是主要的数据来源。在查找和访谈未接受治疗的对象时经常会遇到困难。通过回顾随访方法的文献以及我们自己的经验，我们确定了10种有效的随访程序。在一项对接受美沙酮维持治疗项目的非法阿片类药物使用者的随访研究中展示了这些程序的应用。98%的研究对象接受了随访访谈。我们建议随访研究人员采用这10种程序，并且我们还建议查阅之前关于随访方法的几篇出版物。
