Fekih-Romdhane Feten, Hallit Rabih, Malaeb Diana, Sakr Fouad, Dabbous Mariam, Obeid Sahar, Hallit Souheil
The Tunisian Center of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Department of Psychiatry "Ibn Omrane", Razi hospital, Manouba, 2010, Tunisia.
Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia.
Arch Public Health. 2024 Nov 18;82(1):216. doi: 10.1186/s13690-024-01447-6.
Due to the elevated global prevalence of its consumption, and the detrimental health effects it can have, caffeine use disorder (CUD) should receive a great deal of attention from clinicians and the research community in Arab countries as an area of concern. To help advance the field, this study aimed to translate the Caffeine Use Disorder Questionnaire (CUDQ) into the Arabic language, and examine its psychometric properties in community adults.
A descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study was carried out during the period from May to July 2024. Arabic-speaking adults from the general population of Lebanon (N = 1858, 49.8% males, mean age of 30.05 ± 11.39 years), reporting caffeine consumption at least once during the last 12 months, were included.
The study's results provided support to the theoretical assumptions of unidimensionality of the original version of the CUDQ, with excellent composite reliability (Cronbach's α = 0.90). Furthermore, the structure of the Arabic CUDQ was equivalent across sex, suggesting that the latent CUD construct has the same meaning in male and female adults. The highest CUDQ scores were reported by participants drinking 7 to 9 cups and 10 cups or more of coffee/per day relative to those consuming lower amounts of coffee. Finally, our findings revealed good concurrent validity based on positive correlations of CUDQ scores with nicotine dependence, depression and anxiety scores.
Overall, findings suggest that the CUDQ is appropriate and suitable for use to measure CUD among Arabic-speaking adults from the general population. Making the CUDQ available in the Arabic language can fill a gap in the assessment of problematic caffeine consumption in Arab contexts. Future studies are required to further confirm the psychometric soundness of the Arabic CUDQ in more representative samples, specific populations and other Arab countries.
由于咖啡因消费在全球范围内的流行率不断上升，且可能对健康产生有害影响，咖啡因使用障碍（CUD）作为一个值得关注的领域，应受到阿拉伯国家临床医生和研究界的高度重视。为推动该领域的发展，本研究旨在将咖啡因使用障碍问卷（CUDQ）翻译成阿拉伯语，并在社区成年人中检验其心理测量特性。
于2024年5月至7月进行了一项描述性、观察性和横断面研究。纳入了黎巴嫩普通人群中讲阿拉伯语的成年人（N = 1858，男性占49.8%，平均年龄30.05 ± 11.39岁），这些人报告在过去12个月中至少有一次咖啡因消费。
研究结果支持了CUDQ原始版本单维度的理论假设，具有出色的综合信度（Cronbach's α = 0.90）。此外，阿拉伯语CUDQ的结构在性别上是等效的，这表明潜在的CUD结构在成年男性和女性中具有相同的含义。与饮用较低量咖啡的参与者相比，每天饮用7至9杯和10杯及以上咖啡的参与者报告的CUDQ得分最高。最后，我们的研究结果基于CUDQ得分与尼古丁依赖、抑郁和焦虑得分的正相关，揭示了良好的同时效度。
总体而言，研究结果表明CUDQ适用于测量普通人群中讲阿拉伯语的成年人的CUD。提供阿拉伯语版的CUDQ可以填补阿拉伯地区有问题的咖啡因消费评估方面的空白。未来需要进一步研究，以在更具代表性的样本、特定人群和其他阿拉伯国家进一步确认阿拉伯语CUDQ的心理测量稳健性。
