Pivoting from in-person to phone survey assessment of alcohol and substance use: effects on representativeness in a United States prospective cohort of women living with and without HIV

Conclusions: Pivoting from an in-person to phone-administered alcohol and substance use survey may lead to underrepresentation of key subpopulations of women who are often neglected in substance use and HIV research. As remote survey methods become more common, investigators need to ensure that the study population is representative of the target population.PMID:37956200 | DOI:10.1080/00952990.2023.2267745

Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - November 13, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Hannah R Tierney Yifei Ma Peter Bacchetti Adaora A Adimora Aruna Chandran Mirjam-Colette Kempf Lauren F Collins Jack DeHovitz Ralph J DiClemente Audrey L French Deborah L Jones Anjali Sharma Amanda B Spence Judith A Hahn Jennifer C Price Phyllis C Tien Source Type: research