What’s the Agreement between Self-Reported and Biochemical Verification of Drug Use? A Look at Permanent Supportive Housing Residents in Ft. Worth

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dc.contributor.authorWalters, Scott
dc.contributor.authorLivingston, Melvin D.
dc.contributor.authorSuzuki, Sumihiro
dc.creatorRendon, Alexis
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T19:43:09Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T19:43:09Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-23
dc.date.submitted2016-03-03T14:02:53-08:00
dc.description.abstractPeople who are chronically homeless are nearly seven times as likely to use illicit drugs, compared to the general population. We evaluated the validity of self-reported drug use in a sample of previously homeless people housed in permanent supportive housing programs in Ft. Worth. We used data from 345 clients who completed a baseline assessment prior to participating in a health coaching intervention. Self-reported drug use and saliva drug tests were compared to determine the positive predictive value for amphetamines/methamphetamines (47.1% agreement), cocaine (43.8% agreement), and marijuana (69.7% agreement) drug tests. Exclusively relying on self-reported drug use may not be a valid measure of drug use in this population. However, we also found instances where people self-reported recent drug use that was not captured by the saliva drug test. In general, amphetamine/methamphetamine and cocaine use was adequately captured by the biological test, while marijuana use was best captured by a combination of self-report and biological data. Assessments of drug use among permanent supportive housing residents should not rely exclusively on self-reported measurements of drug use.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/26812
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dc.titleWhat’s the Agreement between Self-Reported and Biochemical Verification of Drug Use? A Look at Permanent Supportive Housing Residents in Ft. Worth
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