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A Quick Drinking Screen for Identifying Women at Risk for an Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy.
Addiction Behaviors
  • Marium Dum, Nova Southeastern University
  • Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern University
  • Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern University
  • N. Heinecke
  • A. Voluse
  • K. Johnson
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2009
Disciplines
Abstract/Excerpt

Two previous studies comparing the Quick Drinking Screen (QDS) with the Timeline Followback (TLFB) found that these two instruments yielded similar reports of alcohol use for clinical and nonclinical populations of problem drinkers. The current study evaluated the correspondence between these two drinking measures with women at risk of an Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy (AEP). Participants were 355 women who voluntarily participated in a research study during 2005 through 2007 designed to prevent AEPs. All women were screened by phone for eligibility using the QDS and approximately 2 weeks later completed a 3-month TLFB by mail. Results of this study, analyzed in 2008, paralleled previous studies showing that the QDS and the TLFB, two very different drinking measures, collected similar aggregate drinking data for women who drink heavily and are at risk of an AEP. Correspondence between the two drinking measures met acceptable levels of reliability. The present study found that the QDS has demonstrated efficacy for screening women whose level of alcohol use puts them at risk for an AEP. Although the QDS does not yield detailed drinking information, it could be used when it is not possible or necessary to gather daily drinking data.

DOI
10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.04.001
Citation Information
Marium Dum, Linda C. Sobell, Mark B. Sobell, N. Heinecke, et al.. "A Quick Drinking Screen for Identifying Women at Risk for an Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy." Addiction Behaviors Vol. 34 Iss. 9 (2009) p. 714 - 716 ISSN: 0306-4603
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark-sobell/8/