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Hypertensives reported a greater incidence of daily use of alcohol and higher noncompliance in taking prescribed medicines by a randomized response technique with a dichotomous response as compared with direct response, and more mean drinks per week, but similar compliance in taking prescribed medicines, by a randomized response technique with a quantitative response as compared with direct response.
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Volicer et al. (1982) studied this question.
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