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Self‐Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST): Comparison of Classificatory Accuracy in Two Cultures

1989; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1530-0277.1989.tb00316.x

1530-0277

Leo J. Davis, Juan‐Ramón de la Fuente, R. Morse, Eric Landa, Peter C. O’Brien,

Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis

Results of stepwise discriminant analyses of the Self‐Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST) administered to 181 alcoholics and 123 nonalcoholics in Mexico City were compared with results of a similar analysis of a sample in the United States (Rochester, MN). With sensitivities of 90% and 95%, specificities were 91.1% to 99.2% in the Mexican sample for total score and a nine‐item version developed on the Rochester sample. A new nine‐item version derived from the Mexican sample gave specificities between 95.1% and 99.2% at 90% and 95% sensitivities, as with the Rochester sample. The two items with greatest predictive power were the same in both cultures.