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Protocol - Perceived Harm of Substance Use

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Description

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provides information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the United States civilian noninstitutionalized population, ages 12 and older. These select NSDUH questions (11-item scale) probe a respondent’s perception about the harm of smoking, taking illegal drugs, and consuming alcohol on four or five occasions. The four response categories range from no risk to great risk.

Specific Instructions

Items should be used individually for the substance of interest being considered in the study. Responses to drug-specific questions are typically analyzed in terms of the fraction of the respondents who report "great risk" (as compared to the fraction who respond "moderate", "slight", or "no risk").

Availability

Available

Protocol

1. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they smoke one or more packs of cigarettes per day?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

2. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they smoke marijuana once a month?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

3. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they smoke marijuana once or twice a week?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

4. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they try LSD once or twice?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

5. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they use LSD once or twice a week?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

6. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they try heroin once or twice?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

7. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they use heroin once or twice a week?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

8. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they use cocaine once a month?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

9. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they use cocaine once or twice a week?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

10. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they have four or five drinks of an alcoholic beverage nearly every day?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF

11. How much do people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when they have five or more drinks of an alcoholic beverage once or twice a week?

1[ ]No Risk

2[ ]Slight Risk

3[ ]Moderate Risk

4[ ]Great Risk

 
[ ]
DK/REF
Personnel and Training Required

If an interviewer prepares the survey for self-administration, the interviewer must be trained and found competent to conduct personal interviews with individuals from the general population.

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self-administered or interviewer-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adolescent, Adult

Participants

Adolescents and adults aged 12 years or older

Selection Rationale

The protocol from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health was selected because this survey is a primary source of information on perceptions of substance use risk in the civilian, noninstitutionalized adult population of the United States. The study was initiated in 1971, and it is currently conducted on an annual basis making it one of the nation’s largest databases on drug use. It provides both national and state-level data. A similar 14-item scale is also used in the Monitoring the Future Survey of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students.

Language

English, Other languages available at source

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Human Phenotype Ontology Addictive behavior HP:0030858 HPO
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Not applicable

Protocol Name from Source

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2009-2010

Source

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2009). 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Computer-assisted interviewing (CAI) specifications for programming, English Version. Rockville, MD: Author. Risk/Availability Section. Questions RK01a-RK01k.

General References

Bachman, J. G., Johnston, L. D., & O’Malley, P. M. (1998). Explaining the recent increases in students’ marijuana use: Impacts of perceived risks and disapproval, 1976 through 1996. American Journal of Public Health, 88, 887-892.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2011). Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of national findings (NSDUH Series H-41, HHS Publication No. [SMA] 11-4658). Rockville, MD: Author.

Protocol ID

550401

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX550401_Harm_Cocaine_Monthly
PX550401080000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they use cocaine once a month? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Cocaine_Weekly
PX550401090000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they use cocaine once or twice a week? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_FiveOrMore_Drinks_Weekly
PX550401110000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they have five or more drinks of an alcoholic beverage once or twice a week? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Four_Five_Drinks_Daily
PX550401100000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they have four or five drinks of an alcoholic beverage nearly every day? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Heroin_Once_Or_Twice
PX550401060000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they try heroin once or twice? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Heroin_Weekly
PX550401070000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they use heroin once or twice a week? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Lsd_Once_Or_Twice
PX550401040000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they try LSD once or twice? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Lsd_Weekly
PX550401050000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they use LSD once or twice a week? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Marijuana_Weekly
PX550401030000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they smoke marijuana once or twice a week? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Smoke_Daily
PX550401010000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they smoke one or more packs of cigarettes per day? show less
N/A
PX550401_Harm_Smoke_Marijuana_Monthly
PX550401020000 How much do people risk harming themselves more
physically and in other ways when they smoke marijuana once a month? show less
N/A
Substance Use-related Community Factors
Measure Name

Perceived Harm of Substance Use

Release Date

February 24, 2012

Definition

Instrument used to gather respondents’ perceptions on how much they think people risk harming themselves physically and in other ways when using certain drugs and other substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, LSD, heroin, and cocaine.

Purpose

The purpose of this measure is to collect information from respondents on their thoughts about the physical and health risk associated with using certain drugs and other substances. These perceptions of harm have been shown to be negatively correlated with use and first onset of use.

Keywords

Perceived harm, Perceived risk, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, NSDUH, Drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco, substance abuse, substance use, illicit substances, cocaine, heroin, LSD, SAA, Substance Use-related Community Factors

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
550401 Perceived Harm of Substance Use
Publications

There are no publications listed for this protocol.