Automating standard alcohol use assessment instruments via interactive voice response technology.
BACKGROUND: Interactive voice response (IVR) technology integrates touch-tone telephones with computer-automated data processing. IVR offers a convenient, efficient method for remote collection of self-report data. METHODS: Twenty-six subjects recruited from an outpatient alcohol treatment center co...
| Publicado en: | Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 207 - 212 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2002
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106947599&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106947599 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01456008 IQE jtl: Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research issn: 01456008 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2002 vid: 26 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 106947599 91184246 2002083720 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02525.x NLM11964559 106947599 ppf: 207 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: Automating standard alcohol use assessment instruments via interactive voice response technology. aug: au: Mundt JC Bohn MJ King M Hartley MT affil: Healthcare Technology Systems Inc, 7617 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53717; mundj@healthtechsys.com sug: subj: Interactive Voice Response Systems Alcoholism Diagnosis Self Report Psychometrics Clinical Assessment Tools Fisher's Exact Test Chi Square Test Test-Retest Reliability Adult Funding Source Human Adult: 19-44 years ab: BACKGROUND: Interactive voice response (IVR) technology integrates touch-tone telephones with computer-automated data processing. IVR offers a convenient, efficient method for remote collection of self-report data. METHODS: Twenty-six subjects recruited from an outpatient alcohol treatment center completed IVR and paper/pencil versions of a demographic and drinking history questionnaire, Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale, Drinker Inventory of Consequences, Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale, Alcohol Dependence Scale, and two numerical rating scales of craving and desire to drink during the prior week. Administration of the instruments in both formats was repeated 1 week later. The order of administration method was counterbalanced between subjects and reversed across data collection sessions. Scale and subscale scores from both methods were correlated within sessions. Test-retest correlations were also calculated for each method. A criterion of alpha = 0.01 was used to control type I statistical error. RESULTS: Intermethod correlations within each session were significant for all of the instruments administered. Test-retest correlations for both methods were also significant, except for the numerical ratings. Scores on the Alcohol Dependence Scale obtained via IVR were significantly lower than those collected by paper/pencil. Other differences between the data collection methods or across the sessions were inconsistent. The average IVR call length was 34 min and 23 sec. Paper/pencil forms required an average of 18 min and 38 sec to complete and an additional 10 min and 17 sec for data entry. CONCLUSIONS: IVR technology provides a convenient alternative to collecting self-report measures of treatment outcomes. Both paper/pencil and IVR assessments provide highly convergent data and demonstrate good test-retest reliability. Alcohol Dependence Scale score differences between methods highlight special considerations for IVR adaptation of existing paper/pencil instruments. Benefits of IVR include procedural standardization, automatic data scoring, direct electronic storage, and remote accessibility from multiple locations. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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