title: Conversion and validation of the Teen-Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI) for Internet and automated-telephone self-report administration.
abstract: This study converted the Teen-Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI) into self-report formats using Internet (Net) and interactive voice response (IVR) automated-telephone technologies. Reliability and convergent validity were assessed among 95 inpatient adolescent participants. Current functioning scores obtained by clinician interview correlated well with self-report Net (mean r=.74, SD=.14) and IVR (mean r=.72, SD=.16). Lifetime history items obtained by clinicians were consistent with self-report Net (mean r=.60, SD=.32; mean kappa=.67, SD=.24) and IVR formats (mean r=.60, SD=.30; mean kappa=.64, SD=.26). Participants rated "ease of use" as being high for both Net and IVR formats. These findings suggest that automated T-ASI administration is a valid and potentially less expensive alternative to clinician-administered T-ASI interviews.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. bbrodey@telesage.com
authors.forename: Benjamin B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Brodey
authors.forename: Craig S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Ken C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: Inger S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Brodey
authors.forename: Breanne M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Sheetz
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Steinfeld
authors.forename: Yifrah
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaminer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D015205:Northwestern United States; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013689:Telephone