The Shorter PROMIS Questionnaire: further validation of a tool for simultaneous assessment of multiple addictive behaviours.

There is both a theoretical and clinical need to develop a questionnaire that assesses a range of addictive behaviours. The Shorter PROMIS Questionnaire (SPQ) is a 16-scale self-report instrument assessing the use of nicotine, recreational drugs, prescription drugs, gambling, sex, caffeine, food bingeing, food starving, exercise, shopping, work, relationships dominant and submissive, and compulsive helping dominant and submissive. Clinical cut-off scores using the 90th percentile were derived from a normative group of 508 individuals.

A Portuguese version of the Christo Inventory for Substance-Misuse Services: a simple outcome evaluation tool.

The Christo Inventory for Substance-Misuse Services (CISS) is a single page outcome evaluation tool completed by drug alcohol service workers either on the basis of direct client interviews or of personal experience of their client supplemented by existing assessment notes. It was developed to assist substance misuse services to empirically demonstrate the effectiveness of their treatments to their respective funding bodies. Its 0 to 20 unidimensional scale consists of 10 items reflecting clients' problems with social functioning, general health, sexual/injecting risk behavior, psychological functioning, occupation, criminal involvement, drug/alcohol use, ongoing support, compliance, and working relationships.

Validation of the Christo Inventory for Substance-misuse Services (CISS): a simple outcome evaluation tool.

The Christo Inventory for Substance-misuse Services (CISS) was developed as a single page outcome evaluation tool completed by drug/alcohol service workers either from direct client interviews or from personal experience of their client supplemented by existing assessment notes. Its 0-20 unidimensional scale consists of 10 items reflecting clients' problems with social functioning, general health, sexual/injecting risk behaviour, psychological functioning, occupation, criminal involvement, drug/alcohol use, ongoing support, compliance, and working relationships. Comparison scores indicating low, average or high problem severity were produced by 243 drug users attending a harm minimisation out patient service and 102 alcohol users at an outpatient alcohol service.