Comparison of the Quick Drinking Screen and the Alcohol Timeline Followback with Outpatient Alcohol Abusers

Abstract

When it is not necessary or not possible to gather detailed drinking data, the QDS produces reliable brief summary measures of drinking for problem drinkers. Generalization to nonclinical samples awaits further research.

Measuring Alcohol Consumption Using Timeline Followback in Non-Treatment-Seeking Medical Clinic Patients With and Without HIV Infection: 7-, 14-, or 30-day Recall

“…In addition, no other studies have detailed comparisons in such patients between 7-, 14-, and 30-day time horizons using the TLFB. Other studies have evaluated quantity-frequency measures, such as the Quick Drinking Screen, and have reported favorable comparisons with the TLFB (Roy et al, 2008;Sobell et al, 2003). Quantity-frequency assessments, however, are considered to be less sensitive to sporadic days of heavy drinking (Sobell et al, 2003).…”

“…The TLFB was administered via telephone interview by trained telephone interviewers and assessed the quantity and pattern of alcohol consumption over the prior 30-day period (Braithwaite et al, 2005). The TLFB has been evaluated in clinical and nonclinical populations and has been shown to have high test-retest reliability across multiple populations of drinkers (Roy et al, 2008;Sobell et al, 1988Sobell et al, , 2001Sobell et al, , 2003Vakili et al, 2008).…”

“…However, for many researchers, longer time horizons increase subject response burden and may not lead to more informative data (Vakili et al, 2008). The concordance between longer versus shorter time horizons has been a subject of prior research (Carey et al, 2004;Hoeppner et al, 2010;Roy et al, 2008;Sobell et al, 2001;Toll et al, 2008;Vakili et al, 2008) but rarely investigated in non-substance-related treatment-seeking individuals and not in patients with HIV infection. In addition, there are no data verifying that the TLFB performs similarly in patients with and without HIV infection.…”

Increased Energy Drink use as a Predictor of Illicit Prescription Stimulant Use

“…28,[30][31][32] The QDS is a daily estimation measure that provides a retrospective estimate of a person's average consumption. The QDS contains four main quantity and frequency questions and has been shown to be reliable and consistent.…”

Mindfulness practice moderates the relationship between craving and substance use in a clinical sample

“…The TLFB is a calendar-based form, where participants are asked to report on the quantity of their substance use during each of the 60 days prior to assessment. The TLFB has demonstrated reliability and validity both in-person and online administration (Roy et al, 2008).…”