BootsMiller B J, Ribisl K M, Mowbray C T, Davidson W S, Walton M A, Herman S E
University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 48133-1070, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 1998 Nov;33(13):2665-85. doi: 10.3109/10826089809059344.
Despite growing research interest in co-occurring psychiatric and substance misuse disorders, relatively few longitudinal studies have been conducted with dual diagnosis populations. Many of the longitudinal studies that have been done have experienced excessive attrition. Thus, investigators have noted that one of the primary difficulties of conducting longitudinal studies with this population is successfully minimizing attrition during follow-up. This study, conducted in 1991 1993, describes retention and tracking methods employed in a longitudinal study of 485 dual diagnosis participants. Follow-up interview completion rates at the 2-, 6-, 10-, 14-, and 18-month interviews were 86.7, 85.6, 85.1, 84.5, and 88.4%, respectively. Several case studies are provided that document some of the challenges facing project staff and successful strategies for handling them. A notable finding from this study was that participants reported that the relationship established with the interviewer was more important than material incentives in preventing study attrition.
尽管对同时存在的精神疾病和物质滥用障碍的研究兴趣日益浓厚，但针对双重诊断人群开展的纵向研究相对较少。已开展的许多纵向研究都出现了过高的失访率。因此，研究人员指出，对这一人群进行纵向研究的主要困难之一是在随访期间成功将失访率降至最低。这项于1991年至1993年进行的研究，描述了在一项对485名双重诊断参与者的纵向研究中所采用的保留和跟踪方法。在2个月、6个月、1〇个月、14个月和18个月访谈时的随访访谈完成率分别为86.7%、85.6%、85.1%、84.5%和88.4%。提供了几个案例研究，记录了项目工作人员面临的一些挑战以及应对这些挑战的成功策略。这项研究的一个显著发现是，参与者报告称，在防止研究失访方面，与访谈者建立的关系比物质激励更为重要。
