Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal | Zendy

Ajay Kumar Bakhla | Zendy; Christoday R. J. Khess | Zendy; Vijay Verma | Zendy; Mahesh Hembram | Zendy; Samir Kumar Praharaj | Zendy; Subhas Soren | Zendy

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Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal

Author(s) -

Ajay Kumar Bakhla,

Christoday R. J. Khess,

Vijay Verma,

Mahesh Hembram,

Samir Kumar Praharaj,

Subhas Soren

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of addiction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-7834

pISSN - 2090-7850

DOI - 10.1155/2014/745839

Subject(s) - exploratory factor analysis , abstinence , alcohol , variance (accounting) , risk factor , factor (programming language) , alcohol withdrawal syndrome , psychology , alcohol dependence , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , psychometrics , organic chemistry , computer science , accounting , business , programming language

Objective . To identify the underlying factor structure of alcohol withdrawal syndrome, as measured with CIWA-Ar. Methods . Exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the items of CIWA-Ar. On 201 alcohol-dependent male patients seeking treatment for alcohol withdrawal at 36 hours of abstinence. Results . A three-factor solution was obtained that accounted for 68.74% of total variance. First factor had loading from four items (34.34% variance), second factor also had four items (24.25% variance), and the third had two items (10.04% variance). Conclusions . Factor analysis reveals the existence of multidimensionality of alcohol withdrawal as measured with CIWA-Ar and we found three factors that can be named as delirious, autonomic and nonspecific factors.

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