The validity of drug users' self-reports in a non-treatment setting: prevalence and predictors of incorrect reporting methadone treatment modalities | Zendy

Miranda Langendam | Zendy; H J van Haastrecht | Zendy; E J van Ameijden | Zendy

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The validity of drug users' self-reports in a non-treatment setting: prevalence and predictors of incorrect reporting methadone treatment modalities

Author(s) -

Miranda Langendam,

H J van Haastrecht,

E J van Ameijden

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.3.514

Subject(s) - methadone , modalities , medicine , methadone maintenance , psychiatry , drug , medline , clinical psychology , treatment modality , psychology , social science , sociology , political science , law

Epidemiological studies among drug users are often based on retrospective self-reports. However, among others, memory failure, being under the influence of drugs, psychopathology, misunderstanding of questions and socially desirable answering may generate inaccurate reporting.

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