CAGE, RAPS4, RAPS4-QF and AUDIT screening tests for men and women admitted for acute alcohol intoxication to an emergency department: Are standard thresholds appropriate?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-281

  Geneste, J ^a   Pereira, B ^a   Arnaud, B ^a   Christol, N ^a   Liotier, J ^a   Blanc, O ^a   Teissedre, F ^b,c   Hope, S ^d   Schwan, R ^e   Llorca, P M ^a,b   Schmidt, J ^a,b   Cherpitel, C J ^f   Malet, L ^a   Brousse, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Ctr Hospitalier Univ de Nancy   (France)

^f ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUT DOWN ANNOYED GUILTY EYE OPENER QUESTIONNAIRE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RAPID ALCOHOL PROBLEM SCREEN 4 QUANTITY FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID ALCOHOL PROBLEM SCREEN 4 QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84860244124     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags027     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Aertgeerts B, Buntinx F, Ansoms S et al. (2001) Screening properties of questionnaires and laboratory tests for the detection of alcohol abuse or dependence in a general practice population. Br J Gen Pract 51:206-17.
2. Aertgeerts B, Buntinx F, Kester A. (2004) The value of the CAGE in screening for alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence in general clinical populations: a diagnostic meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol 57:30-9.
3. Allely P, Graham W, McDonnell M et al. (2006) Alcohol levels in the emergency department: a worrying trend. Emerg Med J 23:707-8.
4. Allemand H, Villaume M, Deudon P et al. (1990) étude épidémiologique de l'alcoolisation chez 3079 sujets admis consécutivement dans un service d'accueil urgence. Alcoologie 1:6-10.
5. Allen JP, Litten RZ, Fertig JB et al. (1997) Review of research on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Alcohol Clin Exp Res 21:613-9.
6. American Psychiatric Association. (1994) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
7. Babor TF, DelaFuentes JR, Saunders J et al. (1992) AUDIT: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Guidelines for Use in Primary Health Care. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, PSA/92.4, pp. 1-30.
8. Barrett TG, Vaughan Williams CH. (1989) Use of a questionnaire to obtain an alcohol history from those attending an inner city accident and emergency department. Arch Emerg Med 6:34-40.
9. Beresford TP, Blow FC, Hill E et al. (1990) Comparison of CAGE questionnaire and computer-assisted laboratory profiles in screening for covert alcoholism. Lancet 336:482-5.
10. Bernardt M, Taylor C, Mumford J et al. (1982) Comparison of questionnaire and laboratory tests in the detection of excessive drinking and alcoholism. Lancet 8267:325-8.
11. Bradley KA, Boyd-Wickizer J, Powell SH et al. (1998) Alcohol screening questionnaires in women: a critical review. J Am Med Assoc 280:166-71.
12. Bush B, Shaw S, Cleary PI et al. (1987) Screening for alcohol abuse using the CAGE questionnaire. Am J Med 82:231-5.
13. Cherpitel CJ. (1993a) Alcohol consumption among emergency room patients: comparison of county/community hospitals and an HMO. J Stud Alcohol 54:432-40.
14. Cherpitel CJ. (1993b) Alcohol and injuries: a review of international emergency room studies. Addiction 88:923-37.
15. Cherpitel CJ. (1995a) Screening for alcohol problems in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 26:158-66.
16. Cherpitel CJ. (1995b) Screening for alcohol problems in the emergency room: a rapid alcohol problems screen. Drug Alcohol Depend 40:133-7.
17. Cherpitel CJ. (2000) A brief screening instrument for problem drinking in the emergency room: the RAPS4. J Stud Alcohol 61:447-9.
18. Cherpitel CJ. (2002) Screening for alcohol problems in the U.S. general population: comparison of the CAGE, and RAPS4, and RAPS4-QF by gender, ethnicity, and services utilization. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:1686-91.
19. Cherpitel CJ, Bazargan S. (2003) Screening for alcohol problems: comparison of the AUDIT, RAPS4 and RAPS4-QF among African American and Hispanic patients in an inner city emergency room department. Drug Alcohol Depend 71:275-80.
20. Cherpitel CJ, Moskalewicz J, Swiatkiewicz G. (2004) Drinking patterns and problems in emergency services in Poland. Alcohol Alcohol 39:256-61.
21. Cherpitel CJ, Ye Y, Moskalewicz J et al. (2005) Screening for alcohol problems in two emergency services samples in Poland: comparison of the RAPS4, CAGE and AUDIT. Drug Alcohol Depend 80:201-7.
22. Conigrave KM, Hall WD, Saunders JB. (1995) The AUDIT questionnaire: choosing a cut-off score. Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Addiction 90:1349-56.
23. Cremonte M, Ledesma RD, Cherpitel CJ et al. (2010) Psychometric properties of alcohol screening tests in the emergency department in Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Addict Behav 35:818-25.
24. Daeppen JB. (2008) A meta-analysis of brief alcohol interventions in emergency departments: few answers, many questions. Addiction 103:377-8.
25. Delacour H, Servonnet A, Perrot A et al. (2005) ROC (receiver operating characteristics): principles and applications in biology. Ann Biol Clin 63:145-54.
26. DiClemente CC, Bellino LE, Neavins TM. (1999) Motivation for change and alcoholism treatment. Alcohol Res Health 23:86-92.
27. Ewing JA. (1984) Detecting alcoholism: the CAGE questionnaire. J Am Med Assoc 252:1905-7.
28. Freyer-Adam J, Coder B, Baumeister SE et al. (2008) Brief alcohol intervention for general hospital inpatients: a randomized controlled trial. Drug Alcohol Depend 93:233-43.
29. Gache P, Michaud P, Landry U et al. (2005) The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screening tool for excessive drinking in primary care: reliability and validity of a French version. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:2001-7.
30. Grimes DA, Schulz KF. (2002) Uses and abuses of screening tests. Lancet 359:881-4.
31. Guillemin F, Bombardier C, Beaton D. (1993) Cross cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: literature and proposed guidelines. J Clin Epidemiol 46:1417-32.
32. Johansson K, Akerlind I, Brendtsen P. (2005) Under what circumstances are nurses willing to engage in brief alcohol interventions? A qualitative study from primary care in Sweden. Addict Behav 30:1049-53.
33. Kelly TM, Donovan JE, Chung T et al. (2004) Alcohol use disorders among emergency department-treated older adolescents: a new brief screen (RUFT-Cut) using the AUDIT, CAGE, CRAFFT and RAPS-QF. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:746-53.
34. Kraemer HC. (1992) Evaluating Medical Tests: Objective and Quantitative Guidelines. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
35. Lecrubier Y, Sheehan DV, Weiller E et al. (1997) The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). A short diagnostic structured interview: reliability and validity according to the CIDI. Eur Psychiatry 12:224-31.
36. Liskow B, Campbell J, Nickel EJ et al. (1995) Validity of the CAGE questionnaire in screening for alcohol dependence in a walk-in clinic. J Stud Alcohol 56:277-81.
37. Malet L, Schwan R, Boussiron D et al. (2005) Validity of the CAGE questionnaire in hospital. Eur Psychiatry 20:484-9.
38. Nordqvist C, Wilhelm E, Lindqvist K et al. (2005) Can screening and simple written advice reduce excessive alcohol consumption among emergency care patients? Alcohol Alcohol 40:401-8.
39. Park SH, Goo JM, Jo CH. (2004) Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve: practical review for radiologists Korean. J Radiol 5:11-8.
40. Reinert DF, Allen JP. (2007) The alcohol use disorders identification test: an update of research findings. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:185-99.
41. Reynaud M, Schwan R, Loiseaux-Meunier MN et al. (2001) Patients admitted to emergency services for drunkenness: moderate alcohol users or harmful drinkers? Am J Psychiatry 158:96-9.
42. Rubak S, Sandbaek A, Lauritzen T et al. (2005) Motivational interviewing: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Gen Pract 55:305-12.
43. Rubinsky AD, Kivlahan DR, Volk RJ et al. (2010) Estimating risk of alcohol dependence using alcohol screening scores. Drug Alcohol Depend 108:29-36.
44. Rueff B, Cernac J, Darne B. (1989) Dépistage de malades alcooliques par l'auto-questionnaire systématique DETA. Presse Méd 18:1654-6.
45. Rumpf HJ, Hapke U, Meyer C et al. (2002) Screening for alcohol use disorders and at-risk drinking in the general population: psychometric performance of three questionnaires. Alcohol Alcohol 37:261-8.
46. Saitz R. (2010) Alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care: Absence of evidence for efficacy in people with dependence or very heavy drinking. Drug Alcohol Rev 29:631-40.
47. Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TF et al. (1993) Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption II. Addiction 88:791-804.
48. Skinner HA, Holt MB, Schuller MS et al. (1984) Identification of alcohol abuse using laboratory tests and a history of trauma. Ann Inter Med 101:847-51.
49. Stephan C, Wesseling S, Schink T et al. (2003) Comparison of eight computer programs for receiver-operating characteristic analysis. Clin Chem 49:433-9.
50. Touquet R, Brown A. (2009) Revisions to the Paddington Alcohol Test for early identification of alcohol misuse and brief advice to reduce emergency department re-attendance. Alcohol Alcohol 44:284-6.
51. Vitale SG, Van de Mheen H, Van de Wiel A et al. (2006) Substance use among emergency room patients: Is self-report preferable to biochemical markers? Addict Behav 31:1661-9.
52. Whiteman PJ, Hoffman RS, Goldfranck LR. (2000) Alcoholism in the emergency department: an epidemiologic study. Acad Emerg Med 7:69-71.
53. Whitney RB. (1983) Alcoholics in emergency rooms. Bul NY Acad Med 59:1043-50.
54. Yates D, Hadfield J, Peters K. (1987) The detection of problem drinkers in the accident and emergency departments. Br J Addict 82:163-7.