SELF-ADMINISTERED ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (SAAST). COMPARISON OF CLASSIFICATORY ACCURACY IN TWO CULTURES

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, Minnesota). with sensitivites 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 9-item version derived from the Mexican sample gave specificities between 95.1% at 90% and 95% sensitivities, as with the Rochester sample. The two items with greatest predictive power were the same in both cultures.

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• Authors:
  • Davis Jr, L J
  • La Fuente, J R
  • Morse, R M
  • Landa, E
  • O'Brien, P C
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 97-103
• Serial:
  • Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0145-6008
  • EISSN: 1530-0277
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1530-0277

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Alcoholism; Screenings; Self evaluation; Social factors; Testing
• Geographic Terms: Mexico
• Old TRIS Terms: Self testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493879
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM