[Validation of the Chinese version of "the Drug Attitude Inventory"]

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of the Chinese version of "the Drug Attitude Inventory" and determine whether it was an effective tool for clinical evaluation. In this study, we enlisted 183 patients, 94 male and 89 female, with an average age of 34.6 years. They included outpatients, rehabilitation program patients as well as inpatients. Upon analysis of the collected data, three factors related well to the Chinese version of "the Drug Attitude Inventory", namely: subjective positive, dysphoric response, and subjective negative attitudes. In order to test the discriminant validity, we separated 53 patients into two groups, compliant and non-compliant, by appointed compliance relating to the outpatient clinic who were recent hospitalized inpatients and outpatients. These three factors correlated with each other well for most patients except for those with psychotic symptoms. These three factors demonstrated acceptable inter-item reliability (Kuder-Richardson formula 20), coefficient r and test-retest coefficient r. Construct validity was established and was capable of differentiating between compliant and non-compliant groups of patients. In short we have found the Chinese version of "the Drug Attitude Inventory" to be an effective, clinically evaluative tool. To test its predictive validity, however, further follow-up studies to determine whether these three factors discussed here can be used to predict drug compliance.