| Title | An experimental study of the agreement of self-administration and telephone administration of the Timeline Followback interview. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Maisto, Stephen A., Joseph C. Conigliaro, Adam J. Gordon, Kathleen A. McGinnis, and Amy C. Justice |
| Journal | Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 468-71 |
| Date Published | 2008 May |
| ISSN | 1937-1888 |
| Keywords | Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Female, Health Behavior, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Medical Records, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Retrospective Studies, Self Disclosure, United States, Unsafe Sex, Veterans |
| Abstract | The Timeline Followback (TLFB) interview has become state-of-the-science for the collection of retrospective self-reports of daily alcohol consumption. Such data are especially useful for addressing questions of the co-occurrence of quantity of alcohol consumption and other behaviors, such as HIV-related risky sex, on the event level. The purpose of this study was to determine if the TLFB could be used effectively by self-administration compared with the more costly telephone interview in a large, multisite observational study of HIV-positive and HIV-negative adults. |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01601.x |
| Alternate Journal | J Stud Alcohol Drugs |
