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European Addiction Severity Index

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Dimension: Risk factors start consumption

Area

Personal, Family, Peer Group

Specificity

Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs

Year

1995

Author

Kokkevi, & Hartgers

Identification and Classification

Instrument
European Addiction Severity Index
Acronym
EuropASI
Area
Personal, Family, Peer Group
Dimension
Risk factors start consumption
Specificity
Unspecified: Legal and illegal drugs
Objective
Assess addiction problems, as well as their associated severity index
Factors it measures
  • Physical Health
  • Mental health
  • Employment / resources
  • Drugs / alcohol
  • Legal situation
  • Family history
  • Family / social relations
Year
1995
Author
Kokkevi, & Hartgers
Author Contact Data

Kokkevi, Anna

Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, 74 Vassilisis Sophias Avenue GR – 11528 Athens (Greece)

Availability
Free
Link
http://bibliotecapsicologia.org/Adicciones/%C3%8Dndice%20Europeo%20de%20Gravedad%20de%20la%20Adicci%C3%B3n%20(EuropASI)%201.pdf

Versions

Year

1996

Validation Country

Spain

Author

Bobes, González, Sáiz, & Bousoño

Author Contact Data

Bobes, Julio

Área de Psiquiatría. Facultad de Medicina. Julián Clavería 6 – 3º. 33006 Oviedo (Asturias)

Teléfono/Fax: +34 985 10 3553

E-mail: bobes@correo.uniovi.es

References

Bobes, J., González, M. P., Sáiz, P. A., & Bousoño M. (1996). Índice Europeo de Severidad de la Adicción: EuropASI. Versión española. Actas de la IV Reunión Interregional de Psiquiatría, 201-218.

Year

2007

Validation Country

Brazil

Author

Kessler, Cacciola, Faller, Souza-Formigoni, Cruz, Brasiliano, & Pechansky

Author Contact Data

Kessler, Felix Henrique

Rua Itaqui, 89/103, CEP 90460-140, Porto Alegre, RS

E-mail: kessler@ez-poa.com.br

 

References

Kessler, F., Cacciola, J., Faller, S., Souza-Formigoni, M. L., Cruz, M., Brasiliano, S., & Pechansky, F. (2007). Adaptação transcultural multicêntrica da sexta versão da Escala de Gravidade de Dependência (ASI6) para o Brasil. Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul, 29, 335-336.

Kessler, F., Cacciola, J., Alterman, A., Faller, S., Souza-Formigoni, M. L., Cruz, M., Brasiliano, S., & Pechansky, F. (2012). Psychometric properties of the sixth version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI-6) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 34, 24-33.

Description

Abstract

EuropASI is an instrument for assessing the severity of addiction. For this, the state of the individual is studied through seven areas (physical and mental health, employment / resources, drugs / alcohol, legal situation, family history and family / social relationships)

Psychometric characteristics

Satisfactory reports have been obtained regarding its reliability and validity. It has a high internal consistency (> .70) and discriminative capacity to detect patients with / without dependence

No. of items
It consists of a severity assessment scale for the interviewer and the validition score of the information obtained, as well as another of the patient's self-assessment, which is answered on a Likert scale with five response options.
Duration
No especificada / not specified
Way of administration
  • Individual and collective
  • Paper
Way of qualification

The range of possible severity scores for each of the different problem areas ranges from 0 (absence of problem / treatment not indicated) to 9 (extreme problem / treatment absolutely necessary)

Application context
Clinic
Population
Young and adults
References

Kokkevi, A., & Hartgers, C. (1995). European adaptation of a multidimensional assessment instrument for drug and alcohol dependence. European Addiction Research, 1, 208-210.