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Validation of the Social Satisfaction Questionnaire for outcome evaluation in substance use disorders

Leeds Addiction Unit, Leeds, email: Duncan.raistrick{at}leedsmh.nhs.uk

Gillian Tober, Honorary Consultant in Addiction

Leeds Addiction Unit

Nick Heather, Emeritus Professor of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies

Northumbria University

Jennifer A. Clark, Senior Clinical Psychologist

Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle

Declaration of interest

None.

AIMS AND METHOD

To develop a scale to measure social satisfaction in people with substance use disorders and to test its psychometric properties. The rationale is that social satisfaction is more universal and relevant to treatment planning than assessing social problems. The new Social Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ) was derived from an existing social problems questionnaire and validation was undertaken on two large clinic populations.

RESULTS

An eight-item SSQ was tested and found to have good psychometric properties in terms of test–retest reliability, internal consistency, distribution of responses and concurrent validity.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

The SSQ is suitable for use as the social domain element of an outcome measures package.