Helmut Nakovics, Sabine Hoffmann, Anne Koopmann, Patrick Bach, Martin Abel, Wolfgang H Sommer, Falk Kiefer, Christian Weinland, Claudia von Zimmermann, Eva-Maria Siegmann, Johannes Kornhuber, Christiane Mühle, Udo Schneider, Sermin Toto, Thomas Hillemacher, Helge Frieling, Stefan Bleich, Christian K Eberlein, Bernd Lenz
Craving for alcohol is an important diagnostic criterion in alcohol use disorder (AUD) and an established predictor of future relapse. The 5-item Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) is one of the most widely used questionnaires to quantify craving and has been translated into different languages. It is assumed that the PACS constitutes one factor, although theoretical considerations suggest an additional second factor. We conducted stability and factor analyses (principal component and confirmatory factor analyses) of the German PACS (PACS-G) in samples of patients with AUD from the following three German study sites: Erlangen, N = 188 (mean age: 47...
July 26, 2023: Alcohol and Alcoholism