PubMed · 83174
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J C Rossall. 1978. Alcohol withdrawal.. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.133.5.479a
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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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