Reliability of the Romanian version of the alcohol module of the WHO Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities: Interview Schedule-Alcohol/Drug-Revised

Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule - Alcoh ol/Drug-Revised (AUDADIS-A/D-R) is a fully structured, standardized and pre ceded instrument designed to evaluate alcohol and drug use disorders accord ing to DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and ICD-10 criteria. The AUDADIS-A/D-R has shown good to excellent reliability in both large clinical and general population samples, but prior to the conduct of the present study no data on the reli ability of the Romanian version of the AUDADIS-A/D-R existed. The purpose o f the present study was to examine the test-retest reliability of the alcoh ol module of the AUDADIS-A/D-R in a general population and clinical sample in Romania. The overall reliability of ICD-10 and DSM-IV abuse, harmful. an d dependence diagnoses, was found to be good to excellent, but was somewhat lower for abuse and harmful use diagnoses. The results are discussed in te rms of the cultural applicability of the symptom items and within the conte xt of the analysis of discrepant responses between the test and retest inte rviews.