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Characteristics of research volunteers for inpatient cocaine studies: focus on selection bias
(Caractéristiques des sujets volontaires pour des recherches sur la cocaïne chez des patients en cours de traitement résidentiel : focus sur les aléas de la sélection)
Auteur(s) :
SOFUOGLU, M. ;
DUDISH POULSEN, S. ;
NICODEMUS, K. K. ;
BABB, D. A. ;
HATSUKAMI, D. K.
Année
2000
Page(s) :
785-790
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
7
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Addictive Behaviors, 2000, 25, (5), 785-790
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In order to investigate the selection bias of subjects for inpatient human cocaine studies, characteristics of 859 potential subjects were examined. Excluded subjects compared with accepted group were more likely to be single and male, currently use drugs other than cocaine, have a history of intravenous cocaine use, and have medical or mental health problems or physical complaints. Subjects who were accepted but did not participate, compared with participants, were likely to spend more money on cocaine. These results suggest that potential subjects who were accepted to our research studies may not accurately represent all potential subjects for several important subject characteristics. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Psychiat., Univ. Minnesota, Box 392 UMHC, Minneapolis, MN 55455. E-mail : sofuo001@tc.umn.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.