Tracking Substance Abusers in Longitudinal Research: Understanding Follow-Up Contact Difficulty
dc.contributor.author | Ramanathan, Chathapuram S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Walton, Maureen A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Reischl, Thomas M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T14:12:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T14:12:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Walton, Maureen A.; Ramanathan, Chathapuram S.; Reischl, Thomas M.; (1998). "Tracking Substance Abusers in Longitudinal Research: Understanding Follow-Up Contact Difficulty." American Journal of Community Psychology 26(2): 233-253. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44049> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-2770 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-0562 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44049 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=9693691&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Studies examining follow-up contact difficulty provide useful information for planning longitudinal studies and for assessing the validity of follow-up data. Contact difficulty was examined among 96 substance abusers following substance abuse treatment. Interview completion rates at the 3-month and 6-month follow-ups were 93 and 97%, respectively. The extent of contact efforts required to complete follow-up interviews varied substantially but tended to be greater at the 3-month follow-up than at the 6-month follow-up. Contact difficulty was related to reuse of substances at the 3-month and at the 6-month follow-ups with reusers requiring greater contact efforts than abstainers. None of the baseline individual and contextual variables examined significantly predicted level of contact effort at follow-ups. Attrition-related validity implications are discussed along with practical suggestions for planning tracking efforts. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Health Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Clinical Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Community & Environmental Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Substance Abuse | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Tracking | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Treatment Outcome | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Contact Difficulty | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Relapse | en_US |
dc.title | Tracking Substance Abusers in Longitudinal Research: Understanding Follow-Up Contact Difficulty | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Alcohol Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Social Work Consultant Private Practice, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Michigan State University, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 9693691 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44049/1/10464_2004_Article_413297.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022128519196 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | American Journal of Community Psychology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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