Skip to main content
. 2020 May 3;81(2):212–219. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2020.81.212

Table 2.

Correspondence between TLFB and daily reports at the weekly level

graphic file with name jsad.2020.81.212tbl2.jpg

Models predicting alcohol use outcomes
Drinking days
Heavy drinking days
Total drinks
Drinks per drinking day
Fixed effects B SE t p B SE t p B SE t p B SE t p
Intercept 1.57 0.11 13.92 <.001 0.98 0.10 9.99 <.001 7.96 0.72 11.03 <.001 3.98 0.31 12.72 <.001
Report type (L1) 0.22 0.05 4.16 <.001 0.07 0.05 1.45 .151 1.09 0.31 3.55 <.001 0.30 0.15 2.04 .043
Week no. (L2) -0.12 0.03 -3.50 <.001 -0.06 0.03 -2.15 .033 -0.53 0.22 -2.37 .018 -0.05 0.11 -0.49 .628
Time between methods (L3) -0.01 0.01 -0.89 .378 0.00 0.01 0.67 .503 -0.00 0.06 -0.06 .949 0.01 0.03 0.43 .666
Baseline typical weekly drinks (L3) 0.03 0.01 3.07 .003 0.05 0.01 4.60 <.001 0.41 0.09 4.69 <.001 0.15 0.03 4.54 <.001
Models predicting alcohol consequences outcomes
No. of positive consequences
No. of negative consequences
B SE t p B SE t p
Intercept 4.42 0.38 11.70 <.001 4.62 0.40 11.65 <.001
Report type (L1) 1.11 0.20 5.51 <.001 1.13 0.21 5.32 <.001
Week no. (L2) -0.51 0.11 -4.68 <.001 -0.49 0.11 -4.30 <.001
Time between methods (L3) -0.06 0.03 -2.25 .027 -0.06 0.03 -2.24 .027
Baseline typical weekly drinks (L3) 0.08 0.05 1.72 .090 0.09 0.05 1.71 .091

Notes: TLFB = Timeline Followback; no. = number; L1= Modeled at Level 1 portion of the model; L2 = Level 2; L3 = Level 3; report type coded 0 = daily report, 1 = TLFB. As such, intercept = outcome reported daily and effect of report type = difference in the outcome between daily and TLFB report; bold effects represent significant differences between methods (p < .01); Weekly models included a random slope effect of report type on all outcomes with the exception of drinks per drinking day, for which there was instead a significant random slope effect of study week.