The obsessive compulsive drinking scale: A new method of assessing outcome in alcoholism treatment studies

Archives of General Psychiatry
R F AntonP K Latham

Abstract

the 14-item Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS) is a quick and reliable self-rating instrument that provides a total and two subscale scores that measure some cognitive aspects of alcohol "craving". This study validated further its utility as an alcoholism severity and treatment outcome instrument. Alcoholism severity and analogue craving scales were administered at baseline, and the OCDS was given at baseline and weekly to 41 alcohol-dependent individuals who participated in a 12-week pharmacologic and cognitive-behavioral treatment trial. Repeated-measures analysis of variance was used to examine group differences in the OCDS scores of those individuals who remained abstinent or drank during the trial. At baseline, the OCDS was correlated with the alcohol composite score of the addiction severity index (r=.48), the alcohol dependence scale (r=.42), the analogue craving measures (range r=.40 to .57), and prestudy alcohol consumption (r=.60). Most importantly the OCDS total and subscale scores were significantly different between individuals who had relapse drinking, who had "slip" drinking, and who remained abstinent, with relapsers showing the highest scores. The OCDS scores appear to be sensitive to alcoholism severit...Continue Reading

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