Predictive validity of the EuropAsi: clinical diagnosis or composite scoring?

This study assessed the correlation between the areas of the Interviewer Severity Rating (ISR) and the areas of the Composite Scores (CS) of the EuropAsi. It evaluated the predictive validity of both types of scoring with regard to completion of treatment. For this purpose, 252 patients were intervi...

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Autores: López-Goñi, José Javier, Fernández-Montalvo, Javier, Arteaga Olleta, Alfonso
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositório:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/28358
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/28358
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:EuropAsi
Composite Scores
Interviewer Severity Rating
Drop-out rates
Treatment
Drug dependence
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Resumo:This study assessed the correlation between the areas of the Interviewer Severity Rating (ISR) and the areas of the Composite Scores (CS) of the EuropAsi. It evaluated the predictive validity of both types of scoring with regard to completion of treatment. For this purpose, 252 patients were interviewed using the EuropAsi. 38.9% of patients discontinued treatment. Results indicated a high correlation between various areas of the ISR and the CS, except the legal and family-others scales. Regarding predictive results, patients with a score greater than 3 in the ISR family area were more likely to quit the programme compared to patients with a score lower than 3. Patients with a CS score that was greater than 0.34 in the alcohol-use area were more likely to drop-out of treatment. When both ISR and CS scores were included in the prediction model, the ISR family area was a better predictor.