Respondent bias in the collection of alcohol and tobacco data in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study.
This study addresses the impact of assessment method (interviewer-administered questionnaire vs. self-administered questionnaire) and interviewers  demographic characteristics (gender, ethnicity, and residency) on responses to alcohol and tobacco questions. The study population included 1,522 men and women aged 45 to 74 from the Dakota Center of the Strong Heart Study (SHS), a multi-center study of cardiovascular disease in American Indians. Assessment method effects were greater for alcohol than tobacco but did not differ by interviewer characteristics.
Center for American Indian Health Research, College of Public Health, 801 NE 13 th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5072, USA. kurtschweigman@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D015982:Bias; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology