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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Modif. 2009 Sep;33(5):618–654. doi: 10.1177/0145445509343284

Table 1.

Summary of Outcome Measures Used to Assess Treatment Outcomes for Substance Use Disorders

Study NSR Focus of Review Domains Measures Used (# of studies using the measure)
Adams, Leukefeld, and Peden (2008) 7 SUDs in women
 offenders
D/A Use Questionnaire/Interview (5); Months 3t risk for using (1);Addiction Severity
 Index-ASI (I); Urinalysis (I)
Demog. Questionnaire/Interview (4)
Finances Questionnaire/Interview (1)
Health Questionnaire/Interview (3)
History Questionnaire/Interview (1)
Legal Recidivism (Interview) (3); Questionnaire / Interview (3); Crime Days (1)
Motivate Circumstances, Motivation, Readiness, & Suitability Instruments (CMRS) (1);
 Questionnaire/Interview (1); Helping Alliance Questionnaire II (1); Treatment
 Needs Index (1)
Panicipate Adherence Competence Scale (1); Treatment adherence (determined by program
 completion and aftercare participation) (1)
Psych. Beck Depression Invemory (2); Questionnaire/Interview (2); CAPS-I for PTSD
 Diagnosis (1); Trauma HislOry Questionnaire (1); Structured Clinical Interview
 for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID) (1); Composite International Diagnostic Interview
 (CIDI (1)
Sexual
Violence
Frequency of re-incarceration (1); Sexual History Questionnaire/Interview (1)
Questionnaire/Interview (3)
Bender, Springer, and Kim (2006) 10 Dual diagnosis
in adolescents
D/A Use Teen Addiction Severity Index; Substance Use (2); Personal Experiences Invemory;
 Akohol / Marijuana and Other Drugs (2); Days using drugs and alcohol (2);
 Drug Use Seale (1)
Legal Frequency of arrest (1)
Psych. Adolescent Psychopathology Scale (1); Beck Depression Inventory (1); Child
 Behavior Checklist (1); Eyberg Problem Behavior Inventory (I); Trauma
 Symptom Checklist (1)
Satisfact Life Satisfaction Scale (1)
Hesse (2009) 5 SUDs and
comorbid
anxiety or
depression
D/A Use % Days abstinent (3)
Psych. Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (4); Beck Depression Inventory (3);
 SCL-90-R (1)
Lussier et al. (2006) 38 Voucher-based
reinforcement
therapy
D/A Use Time continuously abstinent (17); Biological samples (10); Abstinence as status
 (2); Relapse (1)
Participate Treatment attendance (6); Medication compliance (4)
Parry-Jones, Vaughan, and Cox (2006) 12 Substance
misuse and
traumatic
brain injury
D/A Use Quantity-Frequency-Variability Index (QFVI) (4); Short Michigan Alcoholism
 Screening Test (3); The CAGE Screening Questionnaire (1); General Health and
 History Questionnaire (GHHQ) (1)
Pelissier and Jones (2005) 17 Gender
differences
among SUDs
D/A Use Self-reported substance use (13); Urinalysis (9)
Strada, Donohue, and Lefforge (2006); Sun (2006) 18 Ethnicity in
adolescent
substance
abuse studies
D/A Use Youth self-report/ interview (12); Urinalysis (10); Parent report/ interview (5);
 Time Line Follow Back (3); Addiction Severity Index/ Teen ASI (3); Index of
 Drug Severity (2); Personal Experience Inventory (2); Problem Oriented
 Screening Instrument (1); National Youth Survey (1)
Demog. Client Personal History Questionnaire (1); Client Oriented Data Acquisition
 Process (1)
Esteem Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (1); Situational Confidence Questionnaire (1)
Family Family Environment Scale (3); Structural Family Tasks Ratings (3); Parent
 Happiness with Youth/Youth Happiness with Parent Scales (1); Family Role Task
 Scale (1); Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale (1); Parent-Child
 Relationship Problems Scale (1); Dyadic Adjustment Scale (1); Family Coping
 Strategies (1); Self-report Family Inventory (1); Family Assessment Measure (1);
 Family Problem Assessment Scale (1); Family Adaptability and Cohesion
 Evaluation Scales (1); Kveback Family Sculpture Test (1); Dyadic Formation
 Inventory (1)
Health
Legal
Global Health Pathology scale of the Beavers Interactional Competence Scales (1)
Self-report criminal history (5); Arrest records (5); Arrest records (3); Legal
 involvement (1)
Motivate
Other
Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (1)
School performance (2); Social Problem Solving Inventory (2); Rational Thinking
 Questionnaire (1); Revised Dimensions of Temperament Survey (1)
Participate
Psych.
Teen Treatment Services Review (1)
Child Behavior Checklist (3): Behavior Problem Checklist (3); Psychiatric Status
 Schedule (3); Beck Depression Inventory (2); Diagnostic Interview Schedule for
 Children (2); Quay Problem Behavior Checklist (1); MMPI (1); Brief Symptom
 Inventory (1); Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID) (1);
 Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents (1); Adolescent Diagnostic
 Interview (1); Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (1); Emotional/ Psychological
 Problems Inventory (1)
Sun (2006) 35 Women’s
substance
abuse
treatment
Satisfact.
D/A Use
Parent/ Youth Satisfaction Scales (1); Life Satisfaction Scale for Adolescents (1)
Addiction Severity Index (complete or some subscales) (10); Urinalysis (3);
 Severity of Opiate Dependence Questionnaire (1); Severity of Alcohol
 Dependence Questionnaire (1); Opiate Treatment Index (1); Alcohol and Drug
 Problem Inventory (1); Individual Assessment Profile (1); Birth outcomes (1)
Demog.
Esteem
Living Arrangement Questionnaire (1)
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (2); Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (1);
 Situational Confidence Questionnaire (1); Drug Taking Confidence Questionnaire
 (1); Index of Self-Esteem (1)
Family Parenting and Childcare Questionnaire (1); Parenting Stress Index (1); Parenting
 Sense of Competence Scale (1)
Legal Number of arrests (unspecified method) (2); Educational and Status Offense
 Questionnaire (1)
Other Social Support Network Inventory (1); Social Support Questionnaire (1)
Participate Attendance/ Drop-out (8); Length of stay (inpatient) (3); Treatment Services
 Review (1)
Psych. Beck Depression Inventory (3); Brief Symptom Inventory (2); Missouri Symptom
 Checklist (1); Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) (1); Structured Clinical
 Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID) (1); Symptom Checklist (1); Center for
 Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (1); Health and Daily Living Form
 Depression Scale (1)
Tait and Hulse (2003) 11 Substance use in
adolescents
D/A Use Self-report (9); Rutgers Alcohol Problem Inventory (RAPI) (4); Alcohol
 Dependence Scale (3); Quantity-Frequency-Peak Drinking (Q-F-P) scale (1);
 Daily Drinking Questionnaire (1); Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (1);
 Substance use screening instrument score (1)
Participate Treatment sessions attended (1); Counseling success score (1)
Waldron and Turner (2008) 17 SUDs in
adolescents
D/A Use Urine Drug Screen (13); Self Report (7); Timeline Followback (5); Collateral
 Reports (4); % Days Use (4); Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (3);
 Addiction Severity Index (1)

Note. NSR = Number of studies reviewed; SUDs = substance use disorders; D/A Use = drug and alcohol use; Demog. = demographic information; Esteem = self-esteem; Family = family functioning; Health = physical health / medical history; History = treatment history; Legal = legal and criminal history; Motivate = motivation for change; Participate = participation in treatment; Psych = psychiatric diagnosis or symptoms; Satisfact. = life satisfaction; Sexual = sexual history and HIV/Sexual Risk Behaviors; Violence = domestic violence.