Measuring craving: A systematic review and mapping of assessment instruments. What about sexual craving?

Cécile Miele Julien CabéNicolas CabéIngrid BertschGeorges BrousseBruno PereiraValérie MoulinServane Barrault

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2023)

This review mapped all craving assessment instruments from a transdiagnostic perspective, finding 36 original instruments and 93 variations. The evolution of instruments to measure craving mirrors the evolution of the concept of craving which has progressively integrated cognitive, conditioning and sensory dimensions, and attests to the importance of the context of assessment. Development of an instrument to measure 'sexual craving' is needed and could be based on the data from our review.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
mental health
high resolution
electronic health record
machine learning
mass spectrometry
data analysis