Assessment of Severity of Substance use for Outcomes Research and Treatment (ASSORT): A substance use severity scale developed and validated across six tertiary care centers in India
| Title: | Assessment of Severity of Substance use for Outcomes Research and Treatment (ASSORT): A substance use severity scale developed and validated across six tertiary care centers in India |
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| Authors: | Aniruddha Basu, Roshan Bhad, Balaji Bharadwaj, Ayushi Bharti, Shinjini Choudhury, Prioma Das, M. Dinesh, Aparajita Guin, Tanmay Joshi, Vijay Krishnan, Pankaj Kumar, Saba Mansoori, Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Naresh Nebhinani, Surendra S. Rajpurohit, Rajeev Ranjan, Siddharth Sarkar, Saurabh Shekhar, Pranshu Singh, Esha Sood, Mukesh K. Swami |
| Source: | Indian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 66, Iss 7, Pp 614-620 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Psychiatry |
| Subject Terms: | addiction, assessment, recovery, severity, substance use disorders, treatment, Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| More Details: | Background and Aims: Assessment of the severity of substance use disorders (SUDs) in a culture-sensitive manner can help gauge the current condition of the substance user and assess change with time. The present study aimed to develop a scale for the assessment of the severity of SUDs in the Indian clinical context. Methods: Based upon the review of literature on previously available instruments and a consultative meeting of experts, a clinician-rated scale was developed that finally comprised 41 items. A briefer 5-item scale with current and lifetime versions was also developed. The scales were applied to patients with SUDs at six different clinical sites. Results: The instrument was applied to 720 patients (98.2% males, mean age: 34.6 years). The Cronbach’s alpha of the full scale was 0.852. The inter-rater reliability Pearson correlation coefficient of the full-scale was r = 0.821 (P < 0.001), and the intra-class correlation coefficient single measure was 0.800 (95% confidence interval: 0.724–0.956). A four-factor solution was suggested to be the most tenable. The mean application duration of the full scale was 13.4 minutes, and that of the briefer version was 2 minutes. Conclusion: This validated scale could be a potentially useful assessment measure for the severity of SUDs in the Indian context. The utility lies in the simplicity of administration and scoring and the balance between brevity and thorough assessment. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0019-5545 1998-3794 |
| Relation: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_949_23; https://doaj.org/toc/0019-5545; https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3794 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_949_23 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/75ab0d8d16a74043b0412af166ec9431 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.75ab0d8d16a74043b0412af166ec9431 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 00195545 19983794 |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_949_23 |
| Published in: | Indian Journal of Psychiatry |
| Language: | English |