Author(s)

Nor Asiah Muhamad^1,2*, Omar Mihat², Rushidi Ramly², Aniza Abdul Aziz³, Rozanim Kamaruddin⁴, Wan Nor Arifin Wan Mansor⁵, Noor Hashimah Abdullah⁶, Mohd Arif Mohd Noor⁷, Rohaida Ismail⁶, Widya Astrina Wisman², Noor Aliza Lodz¹, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff¹

¹Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
²Non Communicable Disease Section, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
³Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia.
⁴Lembah Pantai District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁵Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.
⁶Kelantan State Health Department, Ministry of Health, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
⁷Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Ministry of Health, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.

Introduction: A psychoactive substance has become an overwhelming public health burden globally. It causes social problems for the user and surrounding people which may affect work or study and cause negative economic impact. Objective: This study aims to translate and culturally adapt the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) into Malay and to assess its reliability and validity. Methods: The Malay version of the ASSIST v 3.1 was developed after the translation and back-translation, which included the stages recommended by Beaton. The ASSIST v 3.1 was administered to 125 respondents. The Malay ASSIST v 3.1 was completed twice by each respondent 7 to 14-day intervals to assess test-retest reliability based on the intra-rater and interrater correlation coefficient. Results: Majority of the respondents were male, Malay and currently employed. The intra-rater reliability is 0.84 and the test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.97) were excellent. Conclusion: Malay ASSIST v3.1 was a valid and reliable tool to screen substances abuse at varying degree. Nonetheless, further studies are needed to assess its responsiveness.

Substance Use, Translation, Reliability, Validity, ASSIST

Muhamad, N. , Mihat, O. , Ramly, R. , Aziz, A. , Kamaruddin, R. , Mansor, W. , Abdullah, N. , Noor, M. , Ismail, R. , Wisman, W. , Lodz, N. and Yusoff, M. (2018) Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity of the Malay Version of Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) V3.1. Health, 10, 985-997. doi: 10.4236/health.2018.107073.