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The CAGE is a four item questionnaire which is used to help clinicians identify alcohol problems. Charts of 433 primary care patients who were given a medical health form containing the CAGE questions (experimental patients) were compared with charts of 451 patients given a similar form that did not contain the CAGE questions (control patients). Alcohol problems were detected more frequently in the experimental patients (10.6%) than in the control patients (6.7%) (p < 0.05). This difference in detection tended to be most evident for persons with milder alcohol problems (problem drinking) as opposed to more well developed alcohol abuse. Experimental patients (3.7%) also tended to be more likely than control patients (2.9%) to receive active alcohol treatment during their initial medical visit. Medical health screening forms which include the CAGE questions may promote the identification of alcohol problems in primary care.
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PMID:The detection of alcohol problems in a primary care clinic. 129 39

Entering college freshmen (n = 308) completed a questionnaire which assessed drinking behaviors and identified students at risk for problem drinking as defined by the CAGE (focuses on Cutting down on drinking, Annoyance by criticism by others about drinking, Guilty feelings about drinking, and the use of an Eye opener) questionnaire and Perceived-Benefit-of-Drinking Scale (PBDS). Students were 50% male with a mean age of 17.9 years. In the past month, 17% had drunk on 10 or more occasions, and 18% had binged on 6 or more occasions. CAGE scores of 2 or greater were obtained by 21% and PBDS scores of 3 or greater by 29%, reflecting high risk for problem drinking. High-risk CAGE and PBDS scores were associated with frequent drinking and binging. Student reports of parental problem drinking were not associated with high risk for problem drinking. Intent to join a fraternity or sorority (the Greek system) was associated with frequent drinking, binging, and high-risk CAGE and PBDS scores. Approaches to screening for problem drinking which emphasize attitudes and beliefs may be useful. The Greek system appears to be attractive to high-risk students and should be a focus of prevention programming.
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PMID:Problem drinking among college freshmen. 139 Aug 15

In a prospective study of 539 consecutive elderly medical admissions (mean age 77.3 years; 275 men), 42 patients (7.8%; 36 men) were identified as alcohol abusers, 41 by an alcohol intake history and one by a positive response to the CAGE questionnaire; none was identified by laboratory screening (gamma glutamyltransferase and red cell mean corpuscular volume) alone. Thirteen admissions (2%) were alcohol-related. In alcohol abusers, 24% of admissions (n = 10; p less than 0.001) were alcohol-related. Alcohol abusers were predominantly men (86%; p less than 0.001) and independently mobile (88%; p less than 0.001), suggesting greater physical fitness. In these more active men (n = 167), the prevalence of alcohol abuse was 19.8% and 6% of admissions were alcohol-related. While the sensitivities of the CAGE questionnaire and laboratory screening were too low to be clinically useful, an alcohol intake history may allow for a significant opportunity in preventive medicine in this age group, particularly in the fitter men.
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PMID:Alcohol and acute medical admission of elderly people. 141 74

The aim of this study was to compare and validate two simple methods of detecting excessive alcohol drinkers in a Malaysian hospital population. All 621 patients in the Medical, Surgical and Orthopaedic units of the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur were screened with the "CAGE" Questionnaire (a four question screening test to discriminate excessive drinkers) and two questions on the frequency and quantity of drinking called the Consumption Index. All CAGE scores had poor agreement (K = 0.37 to K = 0.1) with a psychiatric diagnosis of alcohol abuse and dependence using DSM III diagnosis. Reasons why the Consumption Index is a better screening instrument than the CAGE are discussed.
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PMID:Quantity frequency (consumption index) versus "CAGE" in the detection of alcoholism. 141 38

The present study was aimed to evaluate problems related to alcohol abuse among the characteristics of mortality of women decreased in Diadema between July 1985 and June 1986. The CAGE questionnaire was used to detect possible cases of alcoholism or alcohol related problems, and it was applied to a relative or close friend of the deceased. From 327 women dead during that period, 7.3% were CAGE positives. Alcoholism was direct or indirectly related to death of women specially between 30-49 years of age, although through the original death certificate, alcoholism was not indicated of diagnosis. The questionnaire CAGE was useful as a tool to detect alcohol problems even when the questions were answered by a resource person, thus identifying alcoholism as an important risk factor of mortality among young women.
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PMID:[Usefulness of the CAGE questionnaire for the detection of alcohol-related problems among the causes of death in women from Diadema (SP) in the years 1985-1986]. 166 41

This study was conducted to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire section of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample using DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. This alcohol screening test was developed for the 10 country AMETHYST project. In this young adult sample the instrument exhibited a sensitivity of .84 and specificity of .71 when utilizing the recommended cut-off score of 11. The 10-item questionnaire section of the AUDIT appears to have important advantages over other alcohol screening instruments such as the CAGE and the MAST.
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PMID:The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in a college sample. 174 17

This article examines the use of the CAGE scale, a 4-item self-report screening test designed to identify problem drinkers, among 703 drinkers aged 18 and over interviewed in a general population survey. The results showed that 10.9% of drinkers reported two or more items affirmatively, the suggested cut-off indicative of problem drinking. This rate is similar to the percentage of drinkers who consume four or more standard drinks daily, derived from aggregate per capita consumption estimates. Factor analysis of the items showed a unidimensional scale with good psychometric properties. Other cut-offs are also compared with other alcoholism estimates. In general, the results indicated some utility of the CAGE in general population surveys.
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PMID:Use of the CAGE scale in a population survey of drinking. 175 86

Three hundred and six adult medical and family practice inpatients at a university-affiliated teaching hospital were assessed for problem drinking using: (1) a short questionnaire containing the CAGE (a 4-question, self-report screening measure), and (2) a standardized review of medical records (an examination of specific blood chemistries and the physicians' and nurses' notes). Each patient completed one of two randomly assigned questionnaires containing the CAGE within the first 48 h of admission: a "Health Habits Questionnaire" or an "Alcohol Questionnaire." No significant differences were found between the two questionnaires with regard to the number of CAGE items endorsed. Overall, 16.9% of the subjects endorsed two or more CAGE items. Using the chart screening method, 11.4% of the total subjects were considered "probable" or "definite" problem drinkers. The screener's reading of the physicians' notes was the variable most important in determining overall chart screening assessment. The correlation between the two screening measures was relatively low (r = .38, p less than .001), suggesting that the two measures identify different populations of problem drinkers.
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PMID:Detection of alcohol problems in a hospital setting. 177 40

The CAGE questionnaire is one of several brief screening instruments that has been successful in detecting alcoholism in a general population. There is evidence, however, indicating that none of these instruments has sufficient validity for detecting the less severe pattern of problem drinking that is more typical of college students. This study analyzed survey data, including CAGE questions, to identify items that would have sufficient test operating characteristics more valid for screening problem drinkers. Problem and normal drinking patterns were defined by combining certain categories of quantity-frequency data with categories of alcohol-related problems. Problem and normal drinkers were identified as those students at the ends of the quantity-frequency/alcohol-problems continuum. Differences between the two groups in response frequencies to a 17-item alcohol-use survey were examined using chi-square analyses. Five items showing highly significant differences were identified, and sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were calculated at possible cutoff points. These items were (1) a positive response to any 2 of the 4 CAGE items, (2) reporting rarely or never choosing nonalcoholic beverages at social events, (3) driving under the influence at least 6 to 10 times or more in the last year, and (4) having started regular use of alcohol before the college years. At the recommended cutoff score for a positive test, the items have a sensitivity of 88%, specificity of 87%, and positive predictive value of 52%. When used for screening in a population similar to this, it will fail to identify 12% of the problem drinkers and will falsely classify 13% of all normal drinkers as problem drinkers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Developing a screening questionnaire for problem drinking in college students. 178 6

The study tested an expanded version of a masked alcohol screening instrument developed by Wallace and Haines [Use of a questionnaire in general practice to increase recognition of patients with excessive alcohol consumption. British Medical Journal 290, 1949-1953 (1985)]. The alcohol subscales include the CAGE, consumption, trauma, medical advice, past problems, and present problems with alcohol. There is preliminary evidence of the construct validity and reliability of the Health Screening Survey (HSS). As expected the HSS was sensitive in known populations of alcoholics (0.96; 0.95) correctly identifying at least 95% of the alcoholic patients recruited from two treatment centers. Specificity was adequate with identified nonalcoholics (0.80; 0.70). It was also sensitive in a community primary care sample, correctly classifying 78% of the subjects meeting DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse and/or dependence. There were gender differences in the validity of the subscales in the community sample with alcoholic males more likely to report problems on the questionnaire than alcoholic females. Based on results, the HSS was revised to improve validity.
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PMID:A three-sample test of a masked alcohol screening questionnaire. 185 76


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