ArticlePsychiatry investigation2024
Validation of the Chinese Version of Penn Alcohol Craving Scale for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder.
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- Effectiveness of the WeChat-based mini-program ("Sober Time ACT") on individuals with hazardous drinking in China: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Predicting relapse and rehospitalization in alcohol use disorder: A psychodiagnostic perspective.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Exploring the association between sweet liking and treatment response to naltrexone in patients with alcohol use disorder.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Investigation and analysis of factors related to sleep conditions during the acute withdrawal period of alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Distraction Reduces Alcohol Craving: A Replication and Extension Exploring Trait Absorption and Mindfulness.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe 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.
methodsA 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.
resultsThe 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.
conclusionThe 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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