Shillington A M, Cottler L B, Mager D E, Compton W M
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan 84322-0730, USA.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 1995 Dec;40(2):103-9. doi: 10.1016/0376-8716(95)01176-5.
In substance abuse research many study protocols require the recall and report of behavior from the distant past that may affect reliability. This study addresses the stability of substance use reports over a 10-year follow-up period. We reinterviewed 223 ECA subjects who reported baseline drug use. Reports from baseline to follow-up were categorized as either incident cases, agreements, or discrepancies. Different patterns were found for each substance group. The authors found that cannabis, cocaine, sedatives, and opiates had high agreement rates ranging from 82-86% and amphetamines had the lowest (73%). Implications for future drug research are discussed.
在药物滥用研究中，许多研究方案要求回忆和报告久远过去可能影响可靠性的行为。本研究探讨了在10年随访期内药物使用报告的稳定性。我们重新访谈了223名在基线时报告有药物使用情况的ECA研究对象。从基线到随访的报告被分类为新发病例、一致或不一致。每个药物组都发现了不同的模式。作者发现，大麻、可卡因、镇静剂和阿片类药物的一致率较高，在82%-86%之间，而苯丙胺的一致率最低（73%）。文中讨论了对未来药物研究的启示。
