Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal

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. Res...

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Main Authors:	Bakhla, Ajay Kumar, Khess, Christoday R. J., Verma, Vijay, Hembram, Mahesh, Praharaj, Samir Kumar, Soren, Subhas
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006624/

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spelling	pubmed-40066242014-05-13 Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal Bakhla, Ajay Kumar Khess, Christoday R. J. Verma, Vijay Hembram, Mahesh Praharaj, Samir Kumar Soren, Subhas Research Article 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4006624/ /pubmed/24826372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/745839 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ajay Kumar Bakhla et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Bakhla, Ajay Kumar Khess, Christoday R. J. Verma, Vijay Hembram, Mahesh Praharaj, Samir Kumar Soren, Subhas
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author_facet	Bakhla, Ajay Kumar Khess, Christoday R. J. Verma, Vijay Hembram, Mahesh Praharaj, Samir Kumar Soren, Subhas
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title	Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal
title_short	Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal
title_full	Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal
title_fullStr	Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal
title_full_unstemmed	Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal
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description	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.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006624/
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Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal

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