Preng K W, Clopton J R
J Pers Assess. 1986 Spring;50(1):113-22. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa5001_13.
The MacAndrew Alcoholism scale scores of 140 male patients from a large VA hospital were examined to assess whether the MAC scale can detect alcoholism among patients with psychiatric diagnoses. There were five diagnostic groups, each with 28 patients: alcoholics, alcoholics with neurotic disorders, alcoholics with personality disorders, nonalcoholic patients with neurotic disorders, and nonalcoholic patients with personality disorders. The MAC scale was able to differentiate alcoholics and nonalcoholic psychiatric patients, but was unable to differentiate either of the alcoholic psychiatric groups from its nonalcoholic psychiatric counterpart. Thus, it appears that the MAC scale may be unable to identify alcoholism among patients with combined alcoholic-psychiatric diagnoses.
对一家大型退伍军人管理局医院的140名男性患者的麦克安德鲁酒精中毒量表得分进行了检查，以评估该量表是否能够在患有精神疾病诊断的患者中检测出酒精中毒。共有五个诊断组，每组28名患者：酗酒者、患有神经症的酗酒者、患有精神障碍的酗酒者、患有神经症的非酗酒患者以及患有精神障碍的非酗酒患者。麦克安德鲁酒精中毒量表能够区分酗酒者和非酗酒的精神疾病患者，但无法区分任何一组患有精神疾病的酗酒患者与其对应的非酗酒精神疾病患者。因此，麦克安德鲁酒精中毒量表似乎无法在患有酒精性精神疾病合并诊断的患者中识别出酒精中毒。
