Impact of a training and certification program on the quality of interviewer-collected self-report assessment data

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-212

  Titus, Janet C ^a   Smith, Douglas C ^b   Dennis, Michael L ^a   Ives, Melissa ^a   Twanow, Laine ^a   White, Michelle K ^c  

^a CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c QualityMetric Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Data quality; Monitoring; Quality assurance; Supervision; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CERTIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SELF REPORT; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84856319417     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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