Validation of craving automated scale for substance addiction

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Development and validation of a craving automated scale for substance addiction

• IRAS ID

  219458

• Contact name

  Hong Zeng

• Contact email

  H.Zeng@bham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Birmingham

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 1 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  Craving (a powerful desire for something) plays an important role in the possible mechanisms underlying drug use and relapse. Even after long periods of abstinence, confrontation with substances or substance-associated cues can lead to craving and drug seeking behaviour. This rocess called cue-induced reactivity, includes both conscious and unconscious craving. Although there are established craving questionnaires assessing various components of craving, to our knowledge, no questionnaire exists to assess habitual and automated substance intake. This study, aims to validate the “Craving Automated Scale for substance” (CAS-S), a newly developed questionnaire assessing
  craving and other components of automated addictive behaviour in a UK drug using population.

• REC name

  West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/WM/0025

• Date of REC Opinion

  20 Feb 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion