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A Quantitative Inventory of Alcohol Disorders (QIAD): a severity scale for alcohol abuse
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
|January 1, 1982
Summary
The Quantitative Inventory of Alcohol Disorders (QIAD) is a reliable and valid tool for diagnosing alcoholism severity. It accurately distinguishes alcoholic from non-alcoholic individuals and aids in treatment monitoring.
Area of Science:
- Addiction Medicine
- Psychometrics
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Alcoholism diagnosis and severity assessment require precise tools.
- Existing measures may lack accuracy or ease of administration.
- Need for a tool usable at initial contact and during treatment follow-up.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the Quantitative Inventory of Alcohol Disorders (QIAD).
- To establish QIAD as an accurate and easily administered measure of alcoholism severity.
- To validate QIAD against established diagnostic and severity scales.
Main Methods:
- Development of the Quantitative Inventory of Alcohol Disorders (QIAD).
- Administration of QIAD at initial contact and during treatment follow-up.
- Comparative analysis of QIAD with existing scales (DBI, MAST, DRC, NCA).
Main Results:
- QIAD effectively differentiates alcoholic from non-alcoholic populations.
- QIAD demonstrated reliability and validity in severity assessment.
- QIAD showed comparable or superior performance to existing scales.
Conclusions:
- The QIAD is a dependable and valid instrument for assessing alcoholism severity.
- QIAD can be utilized for both initial diagnosis and monitoring treatment progress.
- QIAD offers a valuable tool for clinicians in alcoholism treatment.