Item bias in the CAGE screening test for alcohol use disorders

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 763-769

  Volk, Robert J ^a   Cantor, Scott B ^b   Steinbauer, Jeffrey R ^a   Cass, Alvah R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Primary care; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031437453     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07162.x     Document Type: Article

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