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Validation of the Chinese Version of Penn Alcohol Craving Scale for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder.
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Psychiatry investigation [Psychiatry Investig] 2024 Feb; Vol. 21 (2), pp. 159-164. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 22. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: The Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) is a five-item, single-dimension questionnaire that is used to measure a patient's alcohol craving. We sought to develop the Chinese version of the PACS (PACS-C) and assess its reliability and validity.<br />Methods: A total of 160 Taiwanese patients with alcohol use disorder were enrolled in this study. The internal consistency and concurrent validity of the PASC-C with the visual analogue scale (VAS) for craving, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking (YBOCS-hd), and the Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ) were assessed. The test-retest reliability of the PASC-C was evaluated 1 day after the baseline measurements. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to examine the psychometric properties of the PACS-C.<br />Results: The PACS-C exhibited good internal consistency (Cronbach's α=0.95) and test-retest reliability (r=0.97). This scale showed high correlations with the VAS (r=0.81) and YBOCS-hd (r=0.81 and 0.79 for the obsession and compulsion subscales, respectively), and moderate correlation with the SADQ-C (r=0.47). Furthermore, CFA results revealed that the PACS-C had good fit indices under various models.<br />Conclusion: The PACS-C appears to be a reliable and valid tool for assessing alcohol craving in patients with alcohol use disorder in Taiwan.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1738-3684
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychiatry investigation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38433414
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0217