Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation
Abstract Background Alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians can be irregular, depending on social and geographic context. The Finnish method uses the last four drinking occasions to estimate drinking quantity and pattern. The Grog Survey App is an interactive and visual tablet computer appl...
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| author | K. S. Kylie Lee James H. Conigrave Sarah Callinan Scott Wilson Robin Room Jimmy Perry Tim Slade Tanya N. Chikritzhs Noel Hayman Teagan Weatherall Geoffrey Leggat Dennis Gray Katherine M. Conigrave |
| author_facet | K. S. Kylie Lee James H. Conigrave Sarah Callinan Scott Wilson Robin Room Jimmy Perry Tim Slade Tanya N. Chikritzhs Noel Hayman Teagan Weatherall Geoffrey Leggat Dennis Gray Katherine M. Conigrave |
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| description | Abstract Background Alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians can be irregular, depending on social and geographic context. The Finnish method uses the last four drinking occasions to estimate drinking quantity and pattern. The Grog Survey App is an interactive and visual tablet computer application which uses touch-screen technology to deliver questions on drinking. Methods Alcohol consumption recorded on the Grog Survey App using the last four occasions (Finnish) method was compared with a clinical interview conducted by an Indigenous Australian health professional. To assess convergent validity, Spearman’s ranked correlations between consumption estimates from the App and from interview were calculated. Sensitivity and specificity analyses were used to compare how well the App and clinical interview agreed when classifying drinkers’ risk. To assess criterion validity, average grams alcohol per day as estimated by the App (and by interview) were compared against presence of self-reported withdrawal tremors (from App or interview). Test–retest reliability was assessed by correlations between measures of alcohol consumption recorded on two occasions. Results The App recorded higher numbers of standard drinks consumed per drinking occasion than the interview. There was reasonable agreement between the App and interview across common reference periods (sensitivity 92.7%, specificity 69.8%, short-term risk; sensitivity 70.7%, specificity 68.8%, long-term risk). Average consumption recorded by the App was as good or better predictor of withdrawal tremors than consumption as estimated by interview. Conclusions The Finnish method, as delivered by the App, offers an innovative way to collect survey data on alcohol in a population with an intermittent drinking pattern. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f53f8195a0449589aa7f0638b3603c52022-12-22T00:46:43ZengBMCAddiction Science & Clinical Practice1940-06402019-05-0114111110.1186/s13722-019-0148-2Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validationK. S. Kylie Lee0James H. Conigrave1Sarah Callinan2Scott Wilson3Robin Room4Jimmy Perry5Tim Slade6Tanya N. Chikritzhs7Noel Hayman8Teagan Weatherall9Geoffrey Leggat10Dennis Gray11Katherine M. Conigrave12NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of SydneyNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of SydneyCentre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe UniversityNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of SydneyCentre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe UniversityAboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) South AustraliaThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of SydneyHealth Sciences, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin UniversitySouthern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of SydneyCentre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe UniversitySchool of Medicine, University of QueenslandNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of SydneyAbstract Background Alcohol consumption among Indigenous Australians can be irregular, depending on social and geographic context. The Finnish method uses the last four drinking occasions to estimate drinking quantity and pattern. The Grog Survey App is an interactive and visual tablet computer application which uses touch-screen technology to deliver questions on drinking. Methods Alcohol consumption recorded on the Grog Survey App using the last four occasions (Finnish) method was compared with a clinical interview conducted by an Indigenous Australian health professional. To assess convergent validity, Spearman’s ranked correlations between consumption estimates from the App and from interview were calculated. Sensitivity and specificity analyses were used to compare how well the App and clinical interview agreed when classifying drinkers’ risk. To assess criterion validity, average grams alcohol per day as estimated by the App (and by interview) were compared against presence of self-reported withdrawal tremors (from App or interview). Test–retest reliability was assessed by correlations between measures of alcohol consumption recorded on two occasions. Results The App recorded higher numbers of standard drinks consumed per drinking occasion than the interview. There was reasonable agreement between the App and interview across common reference periods (sensitivity 92.7%, specificity 69.8%, short-term risk; sensitivity 70.7%, specificity 68.8%, long-term risk). Average consumption recorded by the App was as good or better predictor of withdrawal tremors than consumption as estimated by interview. Conclusions The Finnish method, as delivered by the App, offers an innovative way to collect survey data on alcohol in a population with an intermittent drinking pattern.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13722-019-0148-2AboriginalIndigenousAlcoholConsumptionMeasurementSurvey |
| spellingShingle | K. S. Kylie Lee James H. Conigrave Sarah Callinan Scott Wilson Robin Room Jimmy Perry Tim Slade Tanya N. Chikritzhs Noel Hayman Teagan Weatherall Geoffrey Leggat Dennis Gray Katherine M. Conigrave Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation Addiction Science & Clinical Practice Aboriginal Indigenous Alcohol Consumption Measurement Survey |
| title | Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation |
| title_full | Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation |
| title_fullStr | Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation |
| title_short | Asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a validation |
| title_sort | asking about the last four drinking occasions on a tablet computer as a way to record alcohol consumption in aboriginal and torres strait islander australians a validation |
| topic | Aboriginal Indigenous Alcohol Consumption Measurement Survey |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13722-019-0148-2 |
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