The Reliability of a Drug History Questionnaire (DHQ).

Author(s)

Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Even Kwan, Addiction Research Foundation - Canada
Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1995

Publication Title

Addictive Behaviors

Volume

20

Issue/Number

2

First Page

233

ISSN

0306-4603

Last Page

241

Abstract/Excerpt

Drug abusers' self-reports are vital to clinical and research endeavors, yet few studies have explicitly examined the test-retest reliability of drug abusers' reports of their pretreatment drug use. The present study evaluated the test-retest reliability of drug abusers' reports of (a) lifetime drug use using a drug history questionnaire (DHQ), and (b) demographic and drug-related events. Intraclass and Pearson correlation coefficients revealed reasonably good reliability for most reports of drug use and related events. Further research needs in this area are discussed.

DOI

10.1016/0306-4603(94)00071-9

NSUWorks Citation

Sobell, L. C., Kwan, E., Sobell, M. B. (1995). The Reliability of a Drug History Questionnaire (DHQ).. Addictive Behaviors, 20(2), 233-241.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/90