Open AccessConvergent validity of self-administered addiction severity index in a sample of Nigerian patients in a residential treatment facility
Author(s) -
Mukhtar Mohammed Yerima,
Peter Olutunde Onifade,
Ibrahim Abdu Wakawa,
Sadique Kwajaffa Pindar,
Mohammed Said Jidda,
Umar Musami,
Fatima Abba Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/nmj.nmj_59_19
Subject(s) - addiction , psychological intervention , addiction treatment , sample (material) , medicine , test (biology) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , chromatography , paleontology , biology
Substance use disorders present with multiple drug-related problems that need to be evaluated with a view to planning and administering holistic interventions that could potentially improve addiction treatment outcomes. Many valid instruments are available for assessing the problems that occur in addiction but most of them require some training and they take a lot of time to administer. This study validates a shorter self-administered version of the Addiction severity Index (ASI) against the Clinician-administered ASI with a view to cutting the time needed to administer the instrument.