title: Predictive Capacity of Cloninger's temperament and character inventory (TCI-R) in alcohol use disorder outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to investigate the ability to predict the outcome of alcohol use disorders through Cloninger's temperament and character inventory (TCI-R).
  
  
  METHODS
  this is a prospective study consisting of 237 outpatients with alcohol use disorders who underwent follow-up treatment for 6 months and whose personality traits were studied using TCI-R. At the end of that period, the scores of each TCI-R trait were analyzed in terms of those who remained in treatment and those who dropped out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The whole group scored highly in novelty seeking (NS) and harm avoidance (HA) and produced low scores in self-directedness (SD), these last traits are considered prominent. The drop-out group scored significantly (p=.004) higher in novelty seeking (NS) than the follow-up group. Also, when the score was higher than the 67 percentile the likelihood of abandoning the treatment was 1.07 times higher.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cloninger's temperament and character inventory is a good instrument to predict the outcome of treatment of patients with alcohol use disorders and the novelty seeking (NS) dimension is strongly related to therapeutic drop-out.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Alcoholismo. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca. avilaescribano@gmail.com.
authors.forename: José Juan
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ávila Escribano
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez Barba
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Álvarez Pedrero
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López Villarreal
authors.forename: Joaquina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Recio Pérez
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Rodilla
authors.forename: Eulalia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fraile García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002605:Character; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013694:Temperament; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult