RELIABILITY OF THE ALCOHOL AND DRUG MODULES OF THE ALCOHOL-USE DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES INTERVIEW SCHEDULE ALCOHOL DRUG-REVISED(AUDADIS-ADR) - AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON/

The purpose of the present study was to examine the test-retest reliab ility of the alcohol and drug modules of the AUDADIS-ADR in three site s: Bangalore, India, Jebel, Romania and Sydney, Australia. The overall reliability of ICD-10, DSM-IV and DSM-III-R dependence diagnoses was found to be good to excellent for each substance, including alcohol, f or each time frame, regardless of whether the total sample or user sub sample figured into the calculations. Reliability associated with corr esponding harmful use and abuse diagnoses were mixed, but generally lo wer. Reliability statistics for Bangalore were generally lower than th ose of the Jebel and Sydney sites, particularly for alcohol diagnostic criteria. Implications of these results are discussed, in conjunction with results from the discrepancy interview protocol analyses within sites, in terms of future revisions to the AUDADIS-ADR and its trainin g procedures tailored to developing countries. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scien ce Ireland Ltd.