Manual for the Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire
(BDEPQ)
ISBN 0 947229 56 6

1996
Technical Report no 33
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA

Andrew Baillie
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
University of New South Wales

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• Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Description
• Rationale and Background
  • Benzodiazepine dependence
    • History of benzodiazepine dependence
    • Conceptualization and features of benzodiazepine dependence
  • Aims for scale development
• Administration
• Scoring Instructions
• Interpretation
• Development
  • Description of the development sample
    • Demographic characteristics
    • Use of benzodiazepines
    • Dependence on benzodiazepines
      • CIDI diagnoses of BZD dependence
      • Self-rated BZD dependence
      • BZD withdrawal symptoms
    • Other properties of the sample
      • Neuroticism
      • Depression
      • Anxiety
      • Sleep quality
  • Questionnaire construction
    • Step 7: Excluding non-dependence items
    • Step 8: Excluding items with low item-total correlation
    • Step 9: Dimensionality of items
• Properties of BDEPQ total scores
  • Normality
  • Internal consistency
    • Temporal stability of BDEPQ items
• Validity of the BDEPQ
  • Construct Validity
    • Confirmatory factor analysis of MTMM matrices
  • Predictive validity
    • Prediction of future withdrawal symptoms
      • Prediction of future changes in dose
  • The BDEPQ as a screening test for diagnoses of dependence
• Limitations
• Measures of withdrawal
• Acknowledgment
• References
• Benzodiazepine Dependence Questionnaire (BDEPQ)
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