title: Changes in substance use-related health risk behaviors on the timeline follow-back interview as a function of length of recall period.
abstract: The timeline follow-back (TLFB) interview was adopted to collect retrospective data on daily substance use and violence from 598 youth seeking care in an urban Emergency Department in Flint, Michigan during 2009-2011. Generalized linear mixed models with flexible smooth functions of time were employed to characterize the change in risk behaviors as a function of the length of recall period. Our results suggest that the 1-week recall period may be more effective for capturing atypical or variable patterns of risk behaviors, whereas a recall period longer than 2 weeks may result in a more stable estimation of a typical pattern.
authors.affiliation: 1Psychiatry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buu
authors.forename: Runze
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Maureen A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: Hanyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008824:Michigan; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: alcohol use; marijuana use; psychometric; timeline follow-back; violence