TY - JOUR
KW - Cocaine-Related Disorders/diagnosis
KW - Demography
KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
KW - Heroin Dependence/diagnosis
KW - Humans
KW - Interview, Psychological
KW - Male
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Young Adult
AU - F. Gonzalez-Saiz
AU - A. Domingo-Salvany
AU - G. Barrio
AU - A. Sanchez-Niubo
AU - M. T. Brugal
AU - L. de la Fuente
AU - J. Alonso
A1 - 
AB - AIMS: Our aim was to further assess the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) validity and to identify the cut-off score for a DSM-IV diagnosis of heroin and cocaine dependence through a cross-sectional survey in Barcelona, Spain. METHODS: The Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM) was used as the gold standard. 146 young (18-30 years old) heroin users were recruited from outside the healthcare context, 135 of whom were also current cocaine users. SDS scores were correlated to quantity, frequency and length of drug use. RESULTS: The SDS cut-off point at which there was optimal discrimination of a DSM-IV diagnosis presence was found to be 3 (i.e., a score of 3 or more) for heroin dependence and 4 for cocaine dependence. CONCLUSIONS: The study gives further support to SDS dimensional properties and to its validity for rapid assessment of current heroin and cocaine dependence.
BT - European addiction research
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Measures
CP - 2
CY - Switzerland
DO - 10.1159/000189787
IS - 2
JF - European addiction research
N2 - AIMS: Our aim was to further assess the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) validity and to identify the cut-off score for a DSM-IV diagnosis of heroin and cocaine dependence through a cross-sectional survey in Barcelona, Spain. METHODS: The Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders (PRISM) was used as the gold standard. 146 young (18-30 years old) heroin users were recruited from outside the healthcare context, 135 of whom were also current cocaine users. SDS scores were correlated to quantity, frequency and length of drug use. RESULTS: The SDS cut-off point at which there was optimal discrimination of a DSM-IV diagnosis presence was found to be 3 (i.e., a score of 3 or more) for heroin dependence and 4 for cocaine dependence. CONCLUSIONS: The study gives further support to SDS dimensional properties and to its validity for rapid assessment of current heroin and cocaine dependence.
PB - S. Karger AG, Basel
PP - Switzerland
PY - 2009
SN - 1421-9891; 1022-6877
SP - 87
EP - 93
EP - 
T1 - Severity of dependence scale as a diagnostic tool for heroin and cocaine dependence
T2 - European addiction research
TI - Severity of dependence scale as a diagnostic tool for heroin and cocaine dependence
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Measures
U2 - 19142008
U3 - 10.1159/000189787
VL - 15
VO - 1421-9891; 1022-6877
Y1 - 2009
ER -