Cluster analysis of patients with alcohol use disorder featuring alexithymia, depression, and diverse drinking behavior
Kazuhiro Kurihara,
Hiroyuki Enoki,
Hotaka Shinzato
et al.
Abstract:AimThis study aimed to identify subgroups of alcohol use disorder (AUD) based on a multidimensional combination of alexithymia, depression, and diverse drinking behavior.MethodWe recruited 176 patients with AUD, which were initially divided into non‐alexithymic (n = 130) and alexithymic (n = 46) groups using a cutoff score of 61 on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS‐20). Subsequently, the profiles of the two groups were compared. Thereafter, a two‐stage cluster analysis using hierarchical and K‐means methods w… Show more
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