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French Version of the Addiction Severity Index (5th Edition): Validity and Reliability among Swiss Opiate-Dependent Patients

French Validation of the Addiction Severity Index

Krenz S.a · Dieckmann S.a · Favrat B.a · Spagnoli J.b · Leutwyler J.a · Schnyder C.a · Daeppen J.a · Besson J.a

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aDivision of Substance Abuse, University Department of Adult Psychiatry, Lausanne and bResearch Unit, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Lausanne, Switzerland

Keywords: Addiction Severity IndexFrench validation of the Addiction Severity IndexASI questionnaireFrench ASI, convergent and discriminant validityOpiate dependence

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Abstract of Research Report

Published online: September 15, 2004
Issue release date: September 2004

Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 5

ISSN: 1022-6877 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9891 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/EAR

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to validate a French adaptation of the 5th version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) instrument in a Swiss sample of illicit drug users. Participants and Setting: The participants in the study were 54 French-speaking dependent patients, most of them with opiates as the drug of first choice. Procedure: Analyses of internal consistency (convergent and discriminant validity) and reliability, including measures of test-retest and inter-observer correlations, were conducted. Results: Besides good applicability of the test, the results on composite scores (CSs) indicate comparable results to those obtained in a sample of American opiate-dependent patients. Across the seven dimensions of the ASI, Cronbach’s α ranged from 0.42 to 0.76, test-retest correlations coefficients ranged from 0.48 to 0.98, while for CSs, inter-observer correlations ranged from 0.76 to 0.99. Conclusions: Despite several limitations, the French version of the ASI presents acceptable criteria of applicability, validity and reliability in a sample of drug-dependent patients.

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First-Page Preview
Abstract of Research Report

Published online: September 15, 2004
Issue release date: September 2004

Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 5

ISSN: 1022-6877 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9891 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/EAR

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