Self-Correction of Unreported Marijuana Use by Participants Taking a Street Intercept Survey.

ABSTRACT: Background: Due to underreporting, a major challenge associated with drug use surveys is obtaining precise estimates of drug use. Objective: This study examined reliability of self-reported lifetime marijuana use among electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees - a high-risk population for drug use. Methods: 794 adults (35.1% female) entering EDM parties were intercept-surveyed. Participants were asked about lifetime marijuana use early in the survey. Those not reporting use were asked 5-10 min later if their earlier response was correct. Participants reporting their original response was not correct were asked to check off a reason why they did not originally report use. Participants were also asked at the end of the survey how honestly they responded throughout the

SUBMITTER: Palamar JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647957 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature