ASSESSMENT OF THE ALCOHOL-WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME - VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSLATED AND MODIFIED CLINICAL INSTITUTE WITHDRAWAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALCOHOL SCALE (CIWA-A)

Authors
STUPPAECK CH BARNAS C FALK M GUENTHER V HUMMER M OBERBAUER H PYCHA R WHITWORTH AB FLEISCHHACKER WW
Citation
Ch. Stuppaeck et al., ASSESSMENT OF THE ALCOHOL-WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME - VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE TRANSLATED AND MODIFIED CLINICAL INSTITUTE WITHDRAWAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALCOHOL SCALE (CIWA-A), Addiction, 89(10), 1994, pp. 1287-1292
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse",Psychiatry,"Substance Abuse",Psychiatry
Journal title
Addiction → ACNP
ISSN journal
09652140
Volume
89
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1287 - 1292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0965-2140(1994)89:10<1287:AOTAS->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a common phenomenon in psychiatric hospital care. Not only treatment strategies, but also the evaluation of the syndrome, are discussed controversially. The most widely used i nstrument is the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment-Alcohol (CIW A-A) and the succeeding CIWA-Ar. We modified the CIWA-A and translated it into German. Validity and reliability of the modified and translat ed scale were analysed by several psychological tests as well as diffe rent somatic measures in 31 patients. The German version appears to be a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of alcohol withdra wal syndrome useful for clinical routine as well as treatment trials.