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CAGE Questions for Alcohol Use calculator

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Clinical inputs

Have you ever felt you should Cut down on your drinking?Have people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?Have you ever felt bad or Guilty about your drinking?Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover (Eye-opener)?

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CAGE 0–1 — screen negative

Band: CAGE 0–1 — screen negative

Interpretation. CAGE 0–1 — screen negative

Suggested management. Fewer than two affirmative answers; alcohol use disorder less likely on this screen alone.

CAGE Questions for Alcohol Use: 0 — CAGE 0–1 — screen negative. Interpretation: CAGE 0–1 — screen negative What to do: Fewer than two affirmative answers; alcohol use disorder less likely on this screen alone. Inputs: Have you ever felt you should Cut down on your drinking?: false; Have people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?: false; Have you ever felt bad or Guilty about your drinking?: false; Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover (Eye-opener)?: false Source: Ewing JA. Detecting alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire. JAMA. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1984.03350140051025. PMID: 6471323. Scope: four yes/no items (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener); ≥2 affirmative answers suggests clinically important alcohol use disorder and warrants further assessment. (1984)

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Clinical inputs

Have you ever felt you should Cut down on your drinking?
Have people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
Have you ever felt bad or Guilty about your drinking?
Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover (Eye-opener)?

Primary source

Ewing JA. Detecting alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire. JAMA. DOI: 10.1001/jama.1984.03350140051025. PMID: 6471323. Scope: four yes/no items (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener); ≥2 affirmative answers suggests clinically important alcohol use disorder and warrants further assessment. (1984)

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