알코올 의존 환자에서의 한국어판 알코올의존 척도의 신뢰도와 타당도 연구

A Reliability and Validity Study of the Korean Version of the Alcohol Dependence Scale in Alcoholics

For the purpose of testing the utility of the Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) in Korea, the authors evaluated the reliability and validity of a Korean version of the ADS in 180 Korean alcoholic inpatients. The results were as follows： 1) The means of ADS was 16.94±8.23 and the scores of the ADS in 180 subjects conformed quite closely to a normal distribution. 2) The test-retest reliability for the ADS showed significant reliability. 3) The internal consistency analysis of the ADS showed significant reliability. 4) The item-analysis for each of the 25 items revealed a moderate correlation to the total score for the majority of the items. 5) In the correlation analysis for the test of concurrent validity, ADS scores had significant negative correlation with the age of first admission due to drinking and positive correlation with drinking amount and frequency, alcohol-induced sequelae and 6 secondary scales of AUI (such as drinking benefits, ob-ssessive drinking, direct complication, indirect complication, anxiety about drinking, insight). 6) The ANOVA analysis among 3 groups according to the severity of ADS scores revealed statistically significant differences in drinking frequency and alcoholinduced sequelae among the 3 groups and in drinking amount between mild group and moderate and severe groups. Based on these results, Korean version of the Alcohol Dependence Scale showed reasonable reliability and validity, and it may be useful in the evaluation of alcoholic patients.