Braz J Psychiatry
March 2011
Objective: To assess the internal consistency and dimensionality of the Short Alcohol Dependence Data questionnaire in a general hospital sample.
Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 169 randomly selected inpatients of a general hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. A Portuguese version of the 15-item Short Alcohol Dependence Data questionnaire was applied together with a questionnaire to assess demographic and anthropometric data.