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Hungarian adaptation of the European Addiction Severity Index
- Source :
- Journal of Substance Use. 9:185-191
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2004.
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Abstract
- The Council of the Professional Federation of Drug Treatment Centres was established in Hungary in 1997. Within the frame of a multi‐stage quality‐development programme for drug‐treatment centres, the Council attempted a Hungarian adaptation of the European version (EuropASI) of the widely used Addiction Severity Index (ASI). The empirical background for our research were the data obtained from ASI ratings for 266 alcohol‐ and drug‐using patients presenting for treatment in addiction medicine clinics operating in different regions of the country. The reliability indicators for measurement tool rating (inter‐rater) and time (test‐retest) are high, with the exception of the correlation value for employment and support. The internal consistency of the test is good. The extent of links between the individual items does not exceed that found internationally. The psychometric results correspond to the results obtained in international investigations. The Hungarian version of the ASI can be regarded as a useful ...
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
business.industry
education
Medicine (miscellaneous)
humanities
Correlation value
Test (assessment)
Addiction severity index
Addiction medicine
Drug treatment
Internal consistency
mental disorders
Medicine
business
Adaptation (computer science)
Psychiatry
Reliability (statistics)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14759942 and 14659891
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Substance Use
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........29f6b34a93b1b0caad26a3193e3eb6d9