TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Opioid-Related Disorders/diagnosis/psychology
KW - Pilot Projects
KW - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
KW - Psychometrics
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Substance Abuse Detection/methods
AU - K. Okulicz-Kozaryn
AU - J. Sieroslawski
A1 - 
AB - The aim of the study was to examine psychometric properties of the PUN screening test concerning illicit drug problem use by adolescents. The criterion standard for the test's validity was a diagnostic interview conducted by trained specialists. Respondents were reached by snowball sampling in 58 randomly chosen Polish local communities. A total of 1344 adolescent (37% female) aged 13 to 18 years, who used any illicit drug at least once in the past 12 months, participated. The majority (89%) had no contacts with any drug therapy facilities. 41% were diagnosed as occasional drug users and 59% as problematic users or dependents. Logistic regression analysis showed that 10 out of the basic set of 25 test items were most powerful in differentiating occasional and problematic users. A test score of 2 or higher was optimal for identifying problem drug use (sensitivity: 0.88, specificity: 0.79, PPV: 0.86, NPV: 0.81). Validity was not affected by age or sex. These results confirmed the PUN test potential as a brief screening tool.
BT - Addictive Behaviors
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; Healthcare Disparities; Measures
CP - 3
CY - England
IS - 3
JF - Addictive Behaviors
N2 - The aim of the study was to examine psychometric properties of the PUN screening test concerning illicit drug problem use by adolescents. The criterion standard for the test's validity was a diagnostic interview conducted by trained specialists. Respondents were reached by snowball sampling in 58 randomly chosen Polish local communities. A total of 1344 adolescent (37% female) aged 13 to 18 years, who used any illicit drug at least once in the past 12 months, participated. The majority (89%) had no contacts with any drug therapy facilities. 41% were diagnosed as occasional drug users and 59% as problematic users or dependents. Logistic regression analysis showed that 10 out of the basic set of 25 test items were most powerful in differentiating occasional and problematic users. A test score of 2 or higher was optimal for identifying problem drug use (sensitivity: 0.88, specificity: 0.79, PPV: 0.86, NPV: 0.81). Validity was not affected by age or sex. These results confirmed the PUN test potential as a brief screening tool.
PP - England
PY - 2007
SN - 0306-4603; 0306-4603
T1 - Validation of the "problematic use of narcotics" (PUN) screening test for drug using adolescents
T2 - Addictive Behaviors
TI - Validation of the "problematic use of narcotics" (PUN) screening test for drug using adolescents
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; Healthcare Disparities; Measures
U2 - 16870350
VL - 32
VO - 0306-4603; 0306-4603
Y1 - 2007
ER -