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. 2020 Aug 12;18(1):276.
doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01527-5.

Validation of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale in Lithuanian population

Migle Kaminskaite  1 , Aiste Pranckeviciene  2 , Adomas Bunevicius  2 , Jovita Janaviciute  3 , Darius Jokubonis  2   4 , Aistė Plioplyte  2 , Inesa Lelyte  3 , Liuda Sinkariova  3 , Ramunas Jokubka  2
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Validation of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale in Lithuanian population

Migle Kaminskaite et al. Health Qual Life Outcomes. .

Abstract

Background: Personality traits are related with risk of hazardous alcohol use and alcohol dependence. The Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) measures personality traits associated with addictive substance abuse. We examined psychometric properties of the SURPS in Lithuanian population.

Materials and methods: Two hundred forty-seven participants (mean age 37.22 ± 0.78 years), were recruited from the local community and from an inpatient addiction treatment centre. Internal consistency, stability, factor structure, content validity, and external validity of the SURPS were examined. Hazardous alcohol use was evaluated by Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol dependence diagnosis was established by International Classification of Diseases - 10 (ICD - 10). We also performed gender analyses for associations of personality traits with alcohol dependence and hazardous use of alcohol.

Results: The SURPS scale demonstrated appropriate internal validity, good temporal stability, and adequate criterion validity and construct validity. The SURPS scores of hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity and impulsivity were higher in the alcohol dependence group than in the control group for both males and females. Impulsivity and sensation seeking were associated with hazardous alcohol use and these associations were more prevalent in females.

Conclusions: Lithuanian translation of the SURPS scale was appropriate. The SURPS demonstrated good sensitivity for discriminating on alcohol dependence and was more sensitive for discriminating on hazardous alcohol use for females.

Keywords: Alcohol dependence; Hazardous alcohol use; Personality; Scale adaptation; Substance Use Risk Profile Scale.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare having no conflict of interest.

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Four factor structure of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale with correlations of factors
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Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) for alcohol dependence. Sensitivity of Substance Use Risk Profile Scale measured by Area Under the Curve (AUC) on predicting alcohol dependence. AUC = 0.81, p < 0.001
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Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) for hazardous alcohol use. Sensitivity of Substance Use Risk Profile Scale measured by Area Under the Curve (AUC) on predicting hazardous alcohol use (AUDIT score ≥ 8, but no established diagnosis of alcohol dependence). AUC = 0.65, p < 0.05
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