Validation study of the Turkish version of the Yale - Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking in a group of male patients

İLHAN İ., Demirbas H., DOĞAN Y.

Drug and Alcohol Review, vol.25, no.4, pp.357-360, 2006 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09595230600741255
  • Journal Name: Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.357-360
  • Keywords: Alcohol dependence, Craving, Scale
  • Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Psychometric properties of Turkish version of the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking (YBOCS-hd) were examined in alcohol-dependent male patients. Factor structure, internal consistency and discriminant validity of the YBOCS-hd were analysed in a sample of 117 male patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence. To study its convergent validity, the YBOCS-hd was correlated with the Addiction Severity Index in 34 of the patients. A test - retest reliability study was performed on the data from 34 patients. Correlation between the YBOCS-hd total score and the ASI Alcohol Use score was moderate ( r = 0.51). One factor explained 50.2% of the variance. The YBOCS-hd was able to discriminate the groups abstinent for less than 1 month and a second group with at least 1 month of abstinence. Test - retest correlation was high ( r = 0.81, ICC = 0.81). The Turkish version of the YBOCS-hd proved to be a reliable and valid instrument measuring craving in alcohol-dependent male individuals. [Ilhan IO, Demirbas H, Dogan YB. Validation study of the Turkish version of the Yale - Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking in a group of male patients. Drug Alcohol Rev 2006;25:357 - 360].