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The Reliability of the CIDI‐SAM: a comprehensive substance abuse interview
Author(s) -
COTTLER LINDA B.,
ROBINS LEE N.,
HELZER JOHN E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb03060.x
Subject(s) - cidi , kappa , respondent , substance abuse , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , comorbidity , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law , national comorbidity survey , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary The CIDI‐SAM is a fully‐structured interview that ascertains DSM‐III, DSM‐III‐R, Feighner, RDC and ICD‐10 diagnoses for alcohol, tobacco and nine classes of psychoactive drugs, h was designed at the request of the WHO/ADAMHA Task Force on Psychiatric Assessment instruments to expand the substance abuse sections of the CIDI. Using a test‐retest design, the diagnostic and item reliabilities of this instrument were tested in a sample of 39 patients in substance abuse treatment at three St. Louis treatment facilities. Kappa values and their 95% confidence intervals, and Yule's Y values are reported. The average kappa for DSM‐III substance disorders was 0.84, for DSM‐III‐R it was 0.82. We report, on the average, excellent kappa values for individual alcohol and drug symptoms. We also ascertained from the respondent's themselves the reasons why answers to specific questions might have been discordant. The findings from this unique,‘discrepancy interview’are reported.