title: Evaluating alcohol use among Russian women at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy: A comparison of three measures of alcohol use.
abstract: The Quick Drinking Screen (QDS) and Timeline Followback (TLFB), measures of alcohol use, have yielded similar reports of drinking with English speakers. The present study, a secondary data analysis, compared three measures of alcohol use (i.e., QDS, TLFB, and AUDIT) among Russian-speaking women. This is the first study to compare all three measures. This study replicated the findings of studies with English speakers and demonstrated that brief screening measures (QDS, AUDIT) provide reliable summary measures of alcohol use when compared to a detailed drinking measure (TLFB). The use of brief screening measures is recommended for use with Russian women.
authors.affiliation: a University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Balachova
authors.affiliation: b Nova Southeastern University , Ft. Lauderdale , Florida.
authors.forename: Linda Carter
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7705-3993
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Sobell
authors.affiliation: c Gallup Consulting , Omaha , Nebraska.
authors.forename: Sangeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.affiliation: d St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russia.
authors.forename: Galina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Isurina
authors.affiliation: d St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russia.
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tsvetkova
authors.affiliation: d St. Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg , Russia.|e Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University , Nizhny Novgorod , Russia.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Volkova
authors.affiliation: a University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center , Oklahoma City , Oklahoma.
authors.forename: Som
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bohora
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012426:Russia / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: AUDIT; Alcohol-exposed; Russia; drinking assessment; pregnancies; quick drinking screen; timeline followback; women