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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Jun 20;178:194–200. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.05.012

Table 2.

Adjusted absolute and relative effect of the answer sheet on application time, and on over-reporting of drug use, inconsistencies and item nonresponse.

On Booklet On Answer Sheet

Mean1 (95%CI) Mean1 (95%CI) Diff.1 (IC95%) % of change1 (IC95%)
Completion Time (minutes)2 35.36 (33.66 – 37.07) 52.98 (50.25 – 55.70) 17.61 (14.40 – 20.83) 49.9 (39.6 – 60.9)
Extreme reports of drug use (%)3 0.36 (0.02 – 0.70) 0.80 (0.32 – 1.28) 0.44 (−0.15 – 1.03) 125.8 (−26.8 – 596.7)
Inconsistent reports (No.)4 2.00 (1.72 – 2.27) 3.52 (2.93 – 4.11) 1.52 (0.91 – 2.14) 93.0 (57.2 – 136.9)
Item nonresponse (No.)4 3.37 (2.77 – 3.97) 2.25 (1.77 – 2.74) −1.12 (−1.87 – −0.37) −31.3 (−48.0 – −9.3)

Diff: Absolute difference between Answer Sheet and Booklet.

1

Adjusted by gender and ethnic background;

2

Estimated with a generalized linear models specifying a normal distribution and Identity/Log link function

3

Estimated with a generalized linear models specifying a binomial distribution and Identity/Log link function.

4

Estimated with a generalized linear models specifying a negative binomial distribution and Identity/Log link function.