Reducing bias in telephone survey estimates of the prevalence of drug use: A randomized trial of telephone audio-CASI

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1432-1444

  Turner, Charles F ^a,b   Villarroel, Maria A ^a   Rogers, Susan M ^a,c   Eggleston, Elizabeth ^a   Ganapathi, Laxminarayana ^a   Roman, Anthony M ^d   Al Tayyib, Alia ^a,c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Illicit drug use; Interactive voice response (IVR); Measurement bias; NHSDA; NSDUH; Population surveys; Self report; Telephone audio computer assisted self interviewing (T ACASI); Telephone surveys; Validity

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644433649     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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