Validation of the Chinese version of the Opiate Addiction Severity Inventory (OASI) and the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) in non-institutionalized heroin users in China

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 725-741

  Gu, Jing ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Chen, Hongyao ^b   Liu, Zhiming ^c   Lei, Zhangquan ^b   Li, Zhenglin ^b   Lian, Zhi ^c   Wang, Renfan ^b   Hu, Xianyou ^b   Cai, Hua ^b   Wang, Tao ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Dazhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Opiate dependence; Reliability; Severity; Validation study; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE ADDICTION SEVERITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF DEPENDENCE SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 39949084878     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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