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Year : 2020  |  Volume : 61  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 73-77

Convergent validity of self-administered addiction severity index in a sample of Nigerian patients in a residential treatment facility


1 Clinical Wing, 461 Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna, Nigeria
2 Drug Addiction Treatment Education and Research (DATER) Unit, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria
3 Department of Mental Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P. M. B. 1069; Department of Mental Health, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria
4 Department of Mental Health, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mukhtar Mohammed Yerima
Clinical Wing, 461 Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna
Nigeria
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/nmj.NMJ_59_19

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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 t-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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