title: Development of a chinese version of the Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale for heavy drinking.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Measurement of craving is an important component in the investigation of the etiology and clinical pictures of alcoholism and dependence of other substances in different cultures. The aim of this study was to develop a Chinese version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for heavy drinking (YBOCS-hd-C), the instrument most frequently used in assessing the severity of alcohol craving in Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred twenty Han Chinese (220 with alcohol use disorders) and 218 Bunun aborigines (150 with alcohol use disorders) in Taiwan were interviewed by mental health professionals with the YBOCS-hd-C and a Chinese version of the World Health Organization Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry to establish the psychiatric diagnosis. Validity and reliability of the YBOCS-hd-C were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The YBOCS-hd-C was found to have acceptable interrater reliability (intraclass correlation, 0.89-0.96), internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.99), construct validity, concurrent validity, and cross-cultural validity. The correlations between 10 items of the YBOCS-hd-C and 11 items of the World Health Organization Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry adjusted for age, gender, and ethnicity ranged from 0.39 to 1.00. The YBOCS-hd-C also discriminated effectively among individuals with alcohol dependence, alcohol abusers, and normal drinkers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated that the YBOCS-hd-C is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the extent of craving for alcohol in Taiwanese Han and Bunun individuals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Susan S F
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: Chia-Yih
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chau-Shoun
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Chen
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ching-Jui
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chang-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chiao-Chicy
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Andrew T A
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results