Substance abuse and associated psychosocial risk factors among Turkish male adolescents

This study reports the validation of the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI) in a sample of Turkish youth. Clinical cases ( N=90) were recruited from the inpatient and outpatient addictions treatment facility at Bakirkoy State Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases in Istanbul, Turkey. N...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Addictive behaviors 2003-10, Vol.28 (8), p.1419-1429
Main Authors: Aytaclar, Sema, Erkiran, Murat, Kirisci, Levent, Tarter, Ralph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Cross-cultural
Drug addiction
Drug use
Drug Use Screening Inventory
Epidemiology
Family Health
General aspects
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Outpatient care facilities
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Substance abuse
Substance use disorder
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - etiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tropical medicine
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study reports the validation of the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI) in a sample of Turkish youth. Clinical cases ( N=90) were recruited from the inpatient and outpatient addictions treatment facility at Bakirkoy State Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases in Istanbul, Turkey. Nonclinical cases ( N=68) were recruited from the community by direct invitation from the researchers and advertisement. Reliability, discriminative, and construct validity of the Turkish version of the DUSI were documented. A cut-off score of 35% severity on the overall problem density score correctly classified 83% of subjects with sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 87%. Furthermore, the DUSI overall problem density score predicted prior 30 days level of substance use involvement. Finally, a history of family substance use disorder predicted the overall problem density score in their children. These findings indicate that the Turkish version of the DUSI is an efficient method for multidimensional screening of youth who need treatment for substance abuse.
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/S0306-4603(03)00070-4