title: Methadone maintenance detoxification fear: a study of its components.
abstract: These studies added three hypothesized fear components to the Detoxification Fear Survey Schedule (DFSS-14) and compared its psychometric properties to the original. Two disparate methadone maintenance populations (N = 226) were used in scale development. Thirty-one items and three factors emerged. A validation sample (N = 159) from two diverse methadone maintenance populations yielded a 27-item scale that discriminated between interview-diagnosed detoxification fear and non-fear (91.8% and 85.4% correctly classified). Finally, in methadone maintenance patients from three disparate programs in which the prevalence of detoxification fear was known, the DFSS-27 and DFSS-14 were compared. The DFSS-27 showed substantially improved sensitivity. The DFSS-27 seems a useful screen for detoxification fear in methadone maintenance, may aid intervention planning, and may prove a useful interventions outcome measure.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Birmingham.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Milby
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone