Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)

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.