Table 5.
Frequencies of discrepancies, the proportions of reasons attributed to discrepant responses, and the results of resolved response.
| Reasons for discrepancy |
Resolved response |
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| Question no. | Symptoms | Total No. of Discrepant answers with reasons given in DIPa |
A % |
B % |
C % |
D % |
E % |
F % |
G % |
H % |
I % |
J % |
K % |
% in favor of baseline response |
% in favor of retest response |
| D604AA | Have there been times when you used MDMA in a situation when you could have gotten yourself or others hurt? | 82 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 55 |
| D904AA | Have you often used more MDMA or used MDMA over a longer period of time than you intended? | 122 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 47 |
| D1004AA | Have you wanted to quit or cut down on MDMA or tried to quit or cut down but were unable to for at least a month? | 75 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 56 |
| D1104AA | Have you ever spent a lot of time using, planning to get, or recovering from the effects of MDMA? | 97 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 63b | 37b |
| D1204AB | Did you ever find you had to use much more MDMA to get the effect you wanted or the same amount of MDMA had much less effect than before? | 68 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 46 |
| D1304AA | Did you ever give up or reduce any important activities to get or use MDMA? | 82 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 9 | 66b | 34b |
| D1404AA01 | During the first few hours or days of not using MDMA, did you ever feel depressed? | 99 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 55 |
| D1404AA02 | During the first few hours or days of not using MDMA, did you ever feel anxious, restless, or irritable? | 136 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 36b | 64b |
| D1404AA03 | During the first few hours or days of not using MDMA, did you ever have trouble concentrating? | 131 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 55 |
| D1404AA19 | During the first few hours or days of not using MDMA, did you ever crave MDMA? | 80 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 43 | 57 |
| D1504AA | Have you ever used MDMA to avoid or get rid of those so-called withdrawal symptoms caused by MDMA? | 51 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 52 |
| D1604AB | Did you continue to use MDMA after you realized it was causing any of these physical health problems? | 84 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 39b | 61b |
| D1704AB | Did you continue to use MDMA after you realized it was causing any of these emotional or psychological problems? | 91 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 61b | 39b |
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| Totals | 1198 | ||||||||||||||
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| Proportion of total of 1198(%) | 13.3 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 39.4 | 11.8 | 4.3 | ||||
Reasons for discrepancy were: A - Respondent (R) didn't understand the question; B - R couldn't remember the answer at that time; C - R's sitution has changed since the first interview; D - the interviewer was wrong and miscoded or misunderstood the response; E - R was not paying attention on one occasion; F - R said `No' to shorten the interview/lied; G - Rwas too embarrassed/thought interviewer would disapprove; H - R didn't really know what the right answer was; I - R's interpretation of question changed; J - Don't know; K - other.
Number of participants completing the DIP=590. Not all participants answered all questions.
Differences in proportion reached the statistical significant level (z-statistics, p<0.05).