Table 4 Validation studies in Indigenous communities of tools used to detect or assess dependence (n = 2)
Authors (year) | Recruitment strategy | Indigenous sample recruited | Interview/tool administration | Tool/s | Validated (y/n) | Validated in Indigenous communities (y/n) | Comment on validation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Age range | |||||||
Robin et al. (2004) [26] | Other (selected from 3 multigenerational pedigrees) | A1. 205 (45%) B2. 101 (47%) | A1. 251 (55%) B2. 113 (53%) | 21–50+ | Interviewer-administered (clinical social worker and psychologist) SADS-L; interviewer-administered1 SMAST and self-administered2 | SADS-L (DSM-III-R) SMAST (DSM-III-R) | Yes | SMAST (Native American population) | Authors suggest a cut-off of ≥ 5 for Southwestern men and women; ≥ 8 for Plains men and ≥ 6 for Plains women |
Saremi et al. (2001) [27] | Other (selected from 3 multigenerational pedigrees) | A3. 157 (51%) B4. 96 (35%) C5. 1113 (39%) | A3. 150 (49%) B4. 179 (65%) C5. 1741 (61%) | 21+ | Interviewer-administered SADS-L (psychologist) and CAGE/CAGE-T | SADS-L and CAGE/CAGE-T (DSM-III-R) | Yes | CAGE (Native American population) | Authors suggest a cut-off score of ≥ 2 |