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Table 2 Pooled Summary Estimates

From: Psychometric properties of measures of substance use: a systematic review and meta-analysis of reliability, validity and diagnostic test accuracy

Self-Reported

Scale/Measure

Scale Abbreviation

Pooled Alpha; 95%CI

Pooled Kappa; 95%CI

Pooled Sensitivity; 95%CI

Pooled Specificity; 95%CI

Pooled PPV; 95%CI

Pooled NPV; 95%CI

Alcohol Dependence Scale

ADS

0.897

0.800

–

0.993

ID

 

–

 

0.908

0.822

–

0.955

0.794

0.671

–

0.879

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Addiction Severity Index

ASI

0.837

0.809

–

0.866

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Addiction Severity Index-Alcohol (alcohol sub-scale)

ASI-A

0.773

0.732

–

0.814

ID

 

–

 

0.833

0.670

–

0.924

0.792

0.670

–

0.877

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Addiction Severity Index-Drugs (drugs sub-scale)

ASI-D

0.684

0.627

–

0.742

ID

 

–

 

0.839

0.753

–

0.899

0.854

0.766

–

0.913

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

The Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test

ASSIST

0.854

0.804

–

0.905

ID

 

–

 

0.834

0.799

–

0.868

0.726

0.570

–

0.882

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

AUDIT

0.847

0.829

–

0.865

0.461

0.253

–

0.669

0.860

0.838

–

0.879

0.872

0.854

–

0.888

0.610

0.510

–

0.710

0.940

0.927

–

0.953

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-3

AUDIT-3

NA

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

0.844

0.800

–

0.879

0.835

0.750

–

0.895

0.631

0.491

–

0.771

0.940

0.902

–

0.979

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-C

AUDIT-C

0.748

0.695

–

0.802

0.410

0.386

–

0.433

0.874

0.843

–

0.900

0.842

0.811

–

0.870

0.496

0.390

–

0.602

0.878

0.834

–

0.923

Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test

B-MAST

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

0.502

0.381

–

0.622

0.971

0.956

–

0.981

0.653

0.376

–

0.930

0.902

0.866

–

0.937

Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener

CAGE

0.698

0.650

–

0.747

0.574

0.337

–

0.811

0.705

0.664

–

0.742

0.898

0.882

–

0.913

0.513

0.446

–

0.581

0.907

0.881

–

0.932

Composite International Diagnostic Interview, original

CIDI

NA

 

–

 

0.815

0.610

–

1.020

ID

   

ID

   

ID

   

ID

   

Composite International Diagnostic Interview,version 2.1

CIDI, version 2.1

NA

   

ID

   

0.749

0.686

–

0.812

0.842

0.689

–

0.995

ID

   

ID

   

Composite International Diagnostic Interview, version 3

CIDI, version 3

NA

   

ID

   

0.913

0.816

–

1.010

0.990

0.985

–

0.995

0.914

0.871

–

0.958

0.990

0.985

–

0.995

Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble

CRAFFT

0.687

0.639

–

0.735

ID

 

–

 

0.897

0.837

–

0.937

0.764

0.675

–

0.834

0.571

0.343

–

0.799

0.857

0.449

–

1.00

Drug Abuse Screen Test

DAST

0.937

0.927

–

0.947

0.832

0.577

–

1.0

0.847

0.740

–

0.915

0.844

0.679

–

0.932

0.510

0.323

–

0.698

0.946

0.892

–

0.999

Drug Abuse Screen Test - 10 item

DAST-10

0.785

0.678

–

0.892

ID

 

–

 

0.902

0.748

–

0.966

0.81 8

0.716

–

0.889

0.803

0.695

–

0.910

0.864

0.813

–

0.914

Drug Use Disorders Identification Test

DUDIT

0.922

0.895

–

0.950

ID

 

–

 

0.932

0.887

–

0.960

0.789

0.672

–

0.872

0.606

0.342

–

0.869

0.915

0.822

–

1.00

Michigan Alcohol Screening Test

MAST

0.822

0.780

–

0.863

0.693

0.578

–

0.808

0.705

0.583

–

0.804

0.853

0.774

–

0.908

0.507

0.302

–

0.713

0.878

0.816

–

0.940

Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers

POSIT

0.857

0.730

–

0.984

0.881

0.817

–

0.945

0.842

0.722

–

0.962

0.823

0.745

–

0.902

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test

SAAST

0.889

0.791

–

0.987

ID

 

–

 

0.522

0.331

–

0.714

0.825

0.755

–

0.896

0.320

0.219

–

0.422

0.917

0.890

–

0.945

Semi-Structured Assessment for Drug Dependence and Alcoholism

SSADDA

ID

 

–

 

0.837

0.767

–

0.907

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Severity of Dependence

SDS

0.855

0.780

–

0.931

ID

 

–

 

0.830

0.759

–

0.901

0.837

0.782

–

0.892

0.897

0.856

–

0.937

0.826

0.761

–

0.891

Tolerance-Annoyance Cut Down Eye Opener

TACE

0.495

0.466

–

0.524

ID

 

–

 

0.827

0.737

–

0.918

0.722

0.651

–

0.793

0.349

0.245

–

0.453

0.867

0.622

–

1.0

Timeline Followback

TLFB

NA

 

–

 

0.857

0.807

–

0.907

0.798

0.725

–

0.872

0.965

0.945

–

0.986

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Tolerance, Worried, Eye-Opener, Amnesia, Cut down

TWEAK

0.619

0.551

–

0.688

ID

 

–

 

0.850

0.797

–

0.890

0.864

0.820

–

0.898

0.434

0.263

–

0.606

0.880

0.704

–

1.0

The Chemical Use, Abuse, and Dependence

CUAD

0.962

0.940

–

0.983

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Biomarkers

Abbreviation

Pooled Alpha; 95%CI

Pooled Kappa; 95%CI

Pooled Sensitivity; 95%CI

Pooled Specificity; 95%CI

Pooled PPV; 95%CI

Pooled NPV; 95%CI

% Carbohydrate deficient transferrin

%CDT

NA

   

NA

 

–

 

0.565

0.471

–

0.654

0.913

0.884

–

0.936

0.580

0.377

–

0.783

0.850

0.782

–

0.918

Alanine transaminase

ALT

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.316

0.239

–

0.403

0.882

0.830

–

0.920

0.372

0.183

–

0.560

0.632

0.417

–

0.846

Aspartate transaminase

AST

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.476

0.400

–

0.552

0.865

0.814

–

0.903

0.420

0.273

–

0.567

0.693

0.554

–

0.833

Aspartate transaminase, Alanine transaminase ratio

AST/ALT

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.340

0.220

–

0.460

0.728

0.519

–

0.937

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 

Blood alcohol concentration

BAC

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.638

0.589

–

0.686

0.795

0.719

–

0.871

0.596

0.145

–

1.0

0.687

0.518

–

0.856

Carbohydrate deficient transferrin

CDT

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.585

0.425

–

0.728

0.959

0.932

–

0.976

0.853

0.740

–

0.966

0.790

0.727

–

0.854

CDTech

CDTech

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.537

0.450

–

0.622

0.895

0.876

–

0.911

0.518

0.367

–

0.669

0.795

0.614

–

0.975

Carbohydrate deficient transferrin + Mean corpuscular volume

CDT + MCV

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.742

0.599

–

0.884

0.928

0.908

–

0.947

0.741

0.509

–

0.974

0.917

0.826

–

1.00

Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase

GGT

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.571

0.502

–

0.638

0.827

0.782

–

0.865

0.430

0.351

–

0.509

0.819

0.701

–

0.937

Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase + Mean corpuscular volume

GGT + MCV

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.641

0.377

–

0.840

0.870

0.759

–

0.935

0.470

0.275

–

0.664

0.880

0.813

–

0.948

Ethyl glucuronide

EtG

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.825

0.606

–

0.936

0.953

0.896

–

0.979

0.614

0.389

–

0.840

0.857

0.779

–

0.935

Mean corpuscular volume

MCV

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.390

0.330

–

0.453

0.905

0.878

–

0.927

0.476

0.362

–

0.589

0.794

0.728

–

0.860

Phosphatidylethanol

PEth

NA

 

–

 

NA

 

–

 

0.871

0.787

–

0.956

0.939

0.905

–

0.973

ID

 

–

 

ID

 

–

 
  1. Note: For biomarker measures, alpha is not calculated, therefore this estimate is not applicable (NA). Measures with less than 2 studies have ID for meta-analyses (ID)