ArticleBMC psychiatry2018
Psychometric properties of the severity of the dependence scale for Khat (SDS-Khat) in polysubstance users.
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- Poor Sleep in Community-Dwelling Polysubstance Users: Association With Khat Dependence, Metacognition, and Socio-Demographic Factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Assessing the clinical utility of the severity dependence scale for benzodiazepine use disorder.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2021Article
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- Poor Quality of Sleep Among HIV-Positive Persons in Ethiopia.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent evidence suggests that the addiction on one substance may underpin or affect addiction on another in polysubstance users. However, there is no tool that has been shown to have psychometric validation for assessment of the severity of khat addiction in polysubstance users.
methodsPolysubstance users with khat chewing habit (n = 178, age = 25.8 ± 3.6, BMI = 23.3 ± 2.8 kg/m
resultsThere was no ceiling effect or floor effect in the SDS-Khat scores. Internal consistency was moderate (Cronbach's alpha = 0.58). Internal homogeneity was adequate (Item-total correlations of the SDS-Khat; r ≥ 0.55). Significant negative correlations between the SDS-Khat and the metacognition (r = -.19 to -.34, p < 0.05 or p < 0.01) indicated convergent validity. The findings of exploratory factor analysis were non-unanimous with a suggestion of two models, i.e., a 2-factor and a 1-factor model, while the confirmatory factor analysis favored 1-Factor model.
conclusionThe SDS-Khat has adequate psychometric validity for the assessment of psychological severity of khat addiction in the polysubstance users.
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