Evaluation of the psychometric properties of self-reported measures of alcohol consumption: a COSMIN systematic review
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Evaluation of the psychometric properties of self-reported measures of alcohol consumption: a COSMIN systematic review Hannah McKenna1* , Charlene Treanor1, Dermot O’Reilly1,2,3 and Michael Donnelly1,2,3
Abstract Purpose: To review studies about the reliability and validity of self-reported alcohol consumption measures among adults, an area which needs updating to reflect current research. Methods: Databases (PUBMED (1966-present), MEDLINE (1946-present), EMBASE (1947-present), Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) (1937-present), PsycINFO (1887-present) and Social Science Citation Index (1976-present)) were searched systematically for studies from inception to 11th August 2017. Pairs of independent reviewers screened study titles, abstracts and full texts with high agreement and a third author resolved disagreements. A comprehensive quality assessment was conducted of the reported psychometric properties of measures of alcohol consumption using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) to derive ratings of poor, fair, good or excellent for each checklist item relating to each psychometric property. Results: Twenty-eight studies met inclusion criteria and, collectively, they investigated twenty-one short-term recall measures, fourteen quantity-frequency measures and eleven graduated-frequency measures. All measures demonstrated adequate/good test-retest reliability and convergent validity. Quantity-frequency measures demonstrated adequate/good criterion validity; graduated-frequency and short-term recall measures demonstrated adequate/good divergent validity. Quantity-frequency measures and short-term recall measures demonstrated adequate/good hypothesis validity; short-term recall measures demonstrated adequate construct validity. Methodological quality varied within and between studies. Conclusions: It was difficult to discern conclusively which measure was the most reliable and valid given that no study assessed all psychometric properties and the included studies varied in the psychometric properties that they selected to assess. However, when the results from the range of studies were considered and summed, they tended to indicate that the quantity-frequency measure compared to the other two measures performed best in psychometric terms and, therefore, it is likely to produce the most reliable and valid assessment of alcohol consumption in population surveys. Keywords: Self-reporting alcohol intake, Psychometric properties, COSMIN systematic review
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences – Block B, Royal Victoria Hospital site, Queen’s University Belfast, BT12 6BJ Belfast, Northern Ireland Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (htt
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