Validation study of the Turkish version of the Craving Typology Questionnaire (CTQ) in male alcohol-dependent patients

Abstract

Validation study of the Turkish version of the Craving Typology Questionnaire (CTQ) in male alcohol-dependent patients Objective: Alcohol craving is considered a core symptom of alcohol use disorder and a strong predictor of relapse in alcohol-dependent adults. The Craving Typology Questionnaire (CTQ) allows dimensional selfrating assessment of craving according to a three-pathway psychobiological model of craving (reward, relief, and obsessive craving). Aim of the present study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the CTQ in a sample of inpatients and outpatients with alcohol use disorder (AUD).Method: Participants included 157 inpatients and outpatients with AUD. Participants were evaluated with the CTQ and the Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS), which includes items to evaluate both total craving and its obsessive and compulsive components.Results: The obsessive, relief, and reward craving components accounted for 27.91%, 8.17% and 7.23% of total variance, respectively. Items 7 and 8 were included in obsessive craving and item 10 was included in relief craving instead of reward craving. Obsessive craving had a Cronbach's α of 0.87, whereas the coefficients were 0.64 for relief craving and 0.42 for reward craving. Items were moderately correlated with their subscales. All types of craving were moderately correlated with OCDS and the obsessive dimension of OCDS, whereas they were mildly correlated with the compulsion dimension of OCDS.

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“…Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was used in the evaluation of severity of alcohol dependence. Craving was measured using Craving Typology Questionnaire (CTQ) ( 36 , 37 ) total score. During the standard course of inpatient treatment, regular monitoring of blood and urine for the presence of alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, cannabis, and opiates was performed to assure sobriety.…”

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“…Among the dissociated instruments of these families, some instruments focus on the measurement of craving characteristics: the Minnesota Cocaine Craving Scale [28] and the Food Craving Inventory [148] and its translations [149–151]. Some of them take up dimensions present in the instruments of the QSU family [27], such as intense desire, lack of control and anticipation of relief (MACS [147], Alcohol Craving Scale based on three factors [152,153]) or from the OCDS family [108], such as obsessive thoughts (Craving Typology Questionnaire [154,155]). These instruments integrate the ‘positive reinforcement or expectation of reward’ dimension which is inspired by the latent structures of the instruments of the families previously described.…”

“…such as intense desire, lack of control and anticipation of relief (MACS [147], Alcohol Craving Scale based on three factors [152,153]) or from the OCDS family [108], such as obsessive thoughts (Craving Typology Questionnaire [154,155]). These instruments integrate the 'positive reinforcement or expectation of reward' dimension which is inspired by the latent structures of the instruments of the families previously described.…”

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“…It provides information about alcohol craving in general and provides an evaluation of both obsessive and compulsive components. The Turkish version of the scale was found to be reliable and valid for male inpatient alcohol addicts under treatment (31).…”