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- The study assesses a shorter, self-administered version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) compared to the traditional clinician-administered ASI to make addiction evaluations more efficient.
- 142 patients in a residential treatment program participated, and statistical methods were used to compare the results from both versions of the ASI.
- The findings show a strong correlation between the two versions, with the self-administered ASI often indicating more problems, suggesting it is a valid and time-saving alternative for addiction assessment.
Article Abstract
Background: Substance use disorders present with multiple drug-related problems that need to be evaluated with a view to planning and administering holistic interventions that could potentially improve addiction treatment outcomes. Many valid instruments are available for assessing the problems that occur in addiction but most of them require some training and they take a lot of time to administer. This study validates a shorter self-administered version of the Addiction severity Index (ASI) against the Clinician-administered ASI with a view to cutting the time needed to administer the instrument.
Methods: The study recruited 142 patients in a residential treatment center. Correlation coefficient and -test were used to assess for the convergence of the two version.
Results: The correlation coefficients ranged from 0.52 to 0.97 for the different domain of the ASI with higher endorsement of problems in the self-administered than clinician administered version in most domains.
Conclusion: The self-administered ASI is a valid alternative to the clinician-administered ASI and it saves valuable time especially in resource-constrained settings.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7357803 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nmj.NMJ_59_19 | DOI Listing |
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