Utility of the Time-Line Follow-Back to assess substance use among homeless adults
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of PsychiatryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2003-03-15Keywords
AdultAge Factors
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Female
Homeless Persons
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Personality Inventory
Prevalence
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Substance-Related Disorders
Health Services Research
Mental and Social Health
Psychiatric and Mental Health
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Psychology
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Assessing substance use of homeless persons is a critical task. This study examines the test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and sensitivity to change of the Time-Line Follow-Back interview, a calendar instrument used to assess days and quantities of alcohol use and days of illicit drug use, in the multisite Collaborative Program to Prevent Homelessness (CPPH). The Time-Line Follow-Back was reliable for assessing use during the past month and the recent 6 months. Results from the Time-Line Follow-Back were correlated with other self-reports of use, with research diagnoses of substance use disorder, and with clinician ratings of severity of substance abuse. The Time-Line Follow-Back detected changes in clients with severe mental illness and in those with less severe psychiatric problems.Source
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2003 Mar;191(3):145-53. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1097/01.NMD.0000054930.03048.64Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45278PubMed ID
12637840Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1097/01.NMD.0000054930.03048.64