Recall Bias for Seven-Day Recall Measurement of Alcohol Consumption Among Emergency Department Patients: Implications for Case-Crossover Designs*

Gmel, Gerhard; Daeppen, Jean‐Bernard

doi:10.15288/jsad.2007.68.303

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“…However, the binge intensity estimates were not substantially different from those reported in other publications and it therefore seems unlikely that the restricted study population substantially changed the relationship between the two evaluated binge drinking intensity measures. 10,11 Second, self-reported estimates of binge drinking intensity are likely to be underestimated because of recall bias 14 ; social desirability response bias; nonresponse bias 15 ; and because of the increasing number of cell phone-only households, particularly among young adults. 16,17 In fact, a recent study found that BRFSS alcohol consumption data accounted for a median of 22%-32% of state consumption based on alcohol sales.…”

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Binge Drinking Intensity

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Kanny

Brewer

et al. 2012

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Background-Binge drinking (≥4 drinks for women; ≥5 drinks for men, per occasion) is responsible for more than half of the estimated 80,000 U.S. deaths annually and three-quarters of the $223.5 billion in costs in 2006. Binge drinking prevalence is assessed more commonly than binge drinking intensity (i.e., number of drinks consumed per binge episode). Risk of binge drinking-related harm increases with intensity, and thus it is important to monitor. The largest number of drinks consumed is assessed in health surveys, but its usefulness for assessing binge intensity is unknown.

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Binge Drinking Intensity

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Kanny

Brewer

et al. 2012

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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“…This bias is hypothesized to increase over longer reporting intervals. Gmel and Daeppen (2007) found, for example, that the amount of alcohol reported decreased with the length of recall across a 7-day retrospective diary. Adjusting for the day of the week, participant recall of the number of drinks consumed 7 days prior was nearly a full drink less than recall of the number of drinks consumed only 1 day prior.…”

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“…Other authors have noted that participants tended to report greater alcohol use on diary measures compared with retrospective summary measures, unless they were among the heaviest drinkers, for whom the reports were more similar (Webb et al, 1990). Although prospective diaries are largely regarded as the most valid overall, retrospective measures may offer a better estimation for individuals with heavier drinking patterns than for lighter drinkers (Lemmens et al, 1992) or sporadic drinkers (Gmel and Daeppen, 2007). It may be that individuals with more variable drinking patterns have more diffi cultly remembering and recalling their alcohol use, whereas individuals with consistent alcohol-use patterns have less diffi culty retrospectively reporting on their drinking.…”

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Comparing Numbers of Drinks: College Students' Reports From Retrospective Summary, Followback, and Prospective Daily Diary Measures

Patrick¹,

Lee²

2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Retrospective summary, followback (retrospective diaries), and prospective daily diary measures of alcohol use among college students were compared across 29 days. Method: Participants were college students (n = 176; 60.2% female). Similarities in the three web-based reporting methods and both between-persons (i.e., gender, past drinking behavior, fraternity/sorority affi liation, average drinking behavior during the study period) and within-person (i.e., daily number of drinks, weekend days, Halloween, and week of study) predictors of concordance between reports of followback and prospective diaries were analyzed. Results: On prospective diaries, students reported a greater number of maximum drinks (compared with followback only) and a greater number of heavy drinking days in the past 2 weeks (compared with both followback and retrospective summary measures). In followback compared with prospective diaries, students tended to provide infl ated accounts of their drinking behavior when reporting about occasions with greater typical drinking (i.e., weekends, Halloween) and defl ated accounts of their drinking on their own heavier drinking days, especially if they were affi liated with a fraternity/sorority. Women and students who drank more on average across study days tended to provide defl ated estimates of their day-to-day drinking in followback compared with prospective diary. Conclusions: Understanding the concordance and discordance in self-reported alcohol use is an important area for continued research efforts. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 71, 554-561, 2010)

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“…Twelfth-grade substance use items had a consistent and statistically significant pattern of increasing the odds of the retrospective measure showing a later age at alcohol onset. Later substance use is a common outcome in the etiological literature relying on retrospective recall of age at alcohol onset (Collins et al, 1985;Feldman et al, 1989;Gmel & Daeppen, 2007;Liu et al, 1996;Parra et al, 2003;Simpura & Poikolainen, 1983). For example, Gruber et al (1996) used recalled age at alcohol onset to predict later alcohol misuse.…”

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“…Often of necessity, data collected for the purpose of adolescent alcohol research rely on retrospective measures of age at onset, with the serious potential for systematic recall error (Collins et al, 1985;Feldman et al, 1989;Gmel & Daeppen, 2007;Liu et al, 1996;Parra et al, 2003;Simpura & Poikolainen, 1983). Collins et al (1985) found that retrospective measures tended to underreport the extent of past drinking and that levels of current drinking were predictive of the extent of recall bias in high school students.…”

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Predictors of Recall Error in Self-Report of Age at Alcohol Use Onset

Livingston

Komro

2016

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The present study examined factors associated with recall error in the measurement of alcohol use onset and whether there was a tendency toward earlier or later self-reported age at alcohol use onset. Method: This study estimated the effect of predictors on the presence and direction of recall error for age at alcohol use onset. The sample (n = 1,044) was from an existing longitudinal alcohol prevention trial in urban Chicago. Estimates were derived from a series of logistic regression models comparing agreement between a retrospective and a prospective measure of age at alcohol use onset. Results: Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch in 6th grade, alcohol use in 6th grade, cigarette use in 12th grade, and alcohol use in 12th grade were significantly associated with recall error of age at alcohol use onset. Self-reported substance use (alcohol and tobacco) in 12th grade was also found to predict a later self-reported age at alcohol use onset when recalled. Conclusions: Those most at risk for the negative outcomes associated with early alcohol initiation are also those most likely to misreport their age at alcohol use onset. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 77, 811-818, 2016)

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Recall Bias for Seven-Day Recall Measurement of Alcohol Consumption Among Emergency Department Patients: Implications for Case-Crossover Designs*

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