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How to ask about the use of new psychoactive substances to increase the validity of results in self-report prevalence surveys.

Eva DrapalovaVendula BelackovaAgnès Cadet-Taïrou
Published in: Drug and alcohol review (2020)
Generic questions might lead to notably lower estimates of self-reported NPS use in comparison to checklists. However, creating relevant checklists is challenging and lengthy survey instruments have limitations. Further surveys might benefit from featuring a combination of the strategies used in this study-a single (generic) question involving a number of locally specific NPSs and a free-text 'other' probe.
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