Journal article
A comparison of the yale-brown obsessive compulsive scale for heavy drinking with a single item craving measure : Construct validity and clinical utility
Substance Use and Misuse, Vol.40(4), pp.551-561
2005
PMID: 15830736
Abstract
The measurement of alcohol "craving" began with single-item scales. Multifactorial scales developed with the intention to capture more fully the phenomenon of craving. This study examines the construct validity of a multifactorial scale, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking (Y-BOCS-hd). The study compares its clinical utility with a single item visual-analogue craving scale. The study includes 212 alcohol dependent subjects (127 males, 75 females) undertaking an outpatient treatment program between 1999–2001. Subjects completed the Y-BOCS-hd and a single item visual-analogue scale, in addition to alcohol consumption and dependence severity measures. The Y-BOCS-hd had strong construct validity. Both the visual-analogue alcohol craving scale and Y-BOCS-hd were weakly associated with pretreatment dependence severity. There was a significant association between pretreatment alcohol consumption and the visual-analogue craving scale. Neither craving measure was able to predict total program abstinence or days abstinent. The relationship between obsessive-compulsive behavior in alcohol dependence and craving remains unclear.
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- Title
- A comparison of the yale-brown obsessive compulsive scale for heavy drinking with a single item craving measure : Construct validity and clinical utility
- Authors
- Jason P Connor (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalGerald F X Feeney (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalRoss Young (Author) - Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Publication details
- Substance Use and Misuse, Vol.40(4), pp.551-561
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1081/JA-200030723
- ISSN
- 1532-2491
- PMID
- 15830736
- Organisation Unit
- Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99551003002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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