Research Article
Factor Structure of CIWA-Ar in Alcohol Withdrawal
Table 1
Sample characteristics (N = 201).
| Variables | Mean | SD |
| Age | 37.18 | 9.35 | Age of onset of drinking (in years) | 21.63 | 4.99 | Duration of dependence (in years) | 6.49 | 5.06 | Average amount (in mL) | 1266.59 | 870.85 | Maximum amount (in mL) | 1802.36 | 1191.72 | Last intake (hours before admission) | 13.64 | 9.27 |
| Variables | N | % |
| Gender | | | Male | 201 | 100 | Marital status | | | Married | 170 | 84.6 | Single | 31 | 15.4 | Education | | | Illiterate | 18 | 9.0 | Up to class 10 | 71 | 35.3 | Above class 10 | 112 | 55.7 | Habitat | | | Rural | 25 | 12.4 | Urban | 132 | 65.6 | Semiurban | 44 | 22.0 | Occupation | | | Unemployed | 34 | 17.0 | Employed | 167 | 83.0 | Socioeconomic status (monthly income in Rs) | | | Lower (upto 5000) | 68 | 34.0 | Middle (5000–20000) | 123 | 61.0 | Higher (above 20000) | 10 | 5.0 | Past history of detoxification | 94 | 46.8 | Past history of withdrawal seizure | 46 | 22.9 | Past history of delirium tremens | 4 | 2.0 | Family psychiatric illness | 24 | 12.0 | Family substance dependence | 133 | 66.2 |
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