Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)
Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ) Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)
DEVELOPMENT 29 Table 7: The results of steps taken to reduce the number of items in the BDEPQ Continued Item Step 7 8 9 39. Do you prefer one brand or type of sedative, tranquilliser - 0.175 or sleeping pill? 40. When you have been upset in the last month have you needed - 0.436 x to take sedatives or tranquillisers to calm you down or to sleep? 41. Have you taken more sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping - 0.584 - pills in one day ornight than you planned to? 42a. Have you found the e ects of sedatives, tranquillisers - 0.422 - or sleeping pills pleasant? 42b. How strong is the pleasant feeling? - 0.496 - 43. Has your doctor asked you to reduce the number of - 0.377 tranquillisers, sedatives or sleeping pills you take? 44. Have you taken sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping pills - 0.552 - for a longer period than you intended to when you started? 45a. Have you felt tense or anxious as your prescription for - 0.661 - sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping pills began to run out? 45b. How strong have these feelings been? - 0.674 - (Continued)
30 DEVELOPMENT Table 7: The results of steps taken to reduce the number of items in the BDEPQ Continued Item Step 7 8 9 46a. Have you felt an urge or a desire to take sedatives, - 0.625 - tranquillisers or sleeping pills in the last month? 46b. How strong is that urge or desire? - 0.652 - 47. Have you taken sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping - 0.475 - pills in the last month when you did not really need them? 48. I feel powerless to prevent myself taking a sedative or - 0.666 - tranquilliser when I am anxious, uptight orunhappy. 49. Successfully getting o sedatives, tranquillisers or - 0.024 sleeping pills is a matter of good luck. 50. Most of us are victims of forces and pressures that we x cannot control. 51. People who cannot control their use of tranquillisers or - 0.033 sedatives are just weak. 52. I would not be able to handle my problems unless I - 0.456 - take a sedative or tranquilliser. 53. I get so upset over small arguments, that I need to - 0.438 - take a sedative or tranquilliser. Notes: `x' indicates that the item was excluded in steps 7 or 9, and `-' indicates that the item was included. Numbersinthetablerepresent item-total correlations.
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DEVELOPMENT 29<br />
Table 7: The results of steps taken to reduce <strong>the</strong> number of items in <strong>the</strong> <strong>BDEPQ</strong><br />
Continued<br />
Item Step<br />
7 8 9<br />
39. Do you prefer one brand or type of sedative, tranquilliser - 0.175<br />
or sleeping pill?<br />
40. When you have been upset in <strong>the</strong> last month have you needed - 0.436 x<br />
to take sedatives or tranquillisers to calm you down or to sleep?<br />
41. Have you taken more sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping - 0.584 -<br />
pills in one day ornight than you planned to?<br />
42a. Have you found <strong>the</strong> e ects of sedatives, tranquillisers - 0.422 -<br />
or sleeping pills pleasant?<br />
42b. How strong is <strong>the</strong> pleasant feeling? - 0.496 -<br />
43. Has your doctor asked you to reduce <strong>the</strong> number of - 0.377<br />
tranquillisers, sedatives or sleeping pills you take?<br />
44. Have you taken sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping pills - 0.552 -<br />
<strong>for</strong> a longer period than you intended to when you started?<br />
45a. Have you felt tense or anxious as your prescription <strong>for</strong> - 0.661 -<br />
sedatives, tranquillisers or sleeping pills began to run out?<br />
45b. How strong have <strong>the</strong>se feelings been? - 0.674 -<br />
(Continued)