title: Test-retest reliability of the alcohol and drug use disorder sections of the schedules for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry (SCAN).
abstract: This report presents the results of a test-retest reliability study of the alcohol and drug dependence, as well as harmful use/abuse were investigated in Ankara, Turkey and Farmington, Connecticut (US). Reliabilities for the past year, prior to past year, and lifetime diagnosis of alcohol and drug use disorders were evaluated using ICD-IO, DSM-III-R and DSM-IV criteria. The results indicate that SCAN alcohol and drug diagnosis have good to excellent levels of reliability for dependence across different substances, different diagnostic systems, and different cultural groups. Diagnostic classification of alcohol and drug abuse/harmful use was considerably less reliable. Implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Psychiatry, Farmington 06030-2103, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Easton
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meza
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulüg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Göğüş
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Babor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs