title: Degree of correspondence between daily monitoring and retrospective recall of alcohol use among men and women with comorbid AUD and PTSD.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The majority of studies that have identified good correspondence between daily monitoring and retrospective recall of alcohol use have included participants who are relatively stable, are moderate drinkers, report abstinence, and are not diagnosed with comorbid disorders. The current study examined degree of correspondence between alcohol use that was reported daily via interactive voice response (IVR) telephone monitoring and retrospectively using an abbreviated Form-90 (Form-35) covering the same 35-day time period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 54 men and women with comorbid alcohol dependence and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who reported drinking during the time period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results indicated that participants reported more drinking days via IVR. Correspondence was strong between the reporting methods for aggregate-level alcohol use variables, including presence/absence of drinking days and heavy drinking days and standard drinks, and associations increased for weeks closer to the assessment date for drinking days and heavy drinking days. Day-to-day agreement was moderate for drinking days and heavy drinking days, though there was large between-person variability in correspondence between reporting methods. Post-hoc analyzes suggested that men and participants who drink more tend to have lower correspondence between assessment methods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, findings partially replicated previous research and extend our knowledge of alcohol assessment in a comorbid sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings highlight the importance of considering the influence that moderating variables have on reporting of alcohol use.
authors.affiliation: Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Marketa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krenek
authors.affiliation: Seattle Institute on Biomedical and Clinical Research, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.affiliation: Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.|Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.|Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013689:Telephone; D035501:Uncertainty; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology