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Self‐Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST): Comparison of Classificatory Accuracy in Two Cultures
Author(s) -
Davis Leo J.,
Fuente JuanRamón,
Morse Robert M.,
Landa Eric,
O'Brien Peter C.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1989.tb00316.x
Subject(s) - sample (material) , test (biology) , medicine , clinical psychology , psychology , demography , biology , chemistry , chromatography , paleontology , sociology
Results of stepwise discriminant analyses of the Self‐Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST) administered to 181 alcoholics and 123 nonalcoholics in Mexico City were compared with results of a similar analysis of a sample in the United States (Rochester, MN). With sensitivities of 90% and 95%, specificities were 91.1% to 99.2% in the Mexican sample for total score and a nine‐item version developed on the Rochester sample. A new nine‐item version derived from the Mexican sample gave specificities between 95.1% and 99.2% at 90% and 95% sensitivities, as with the Rochester sample. The two items with greatest predictive power were the same in both cultures.