1. Have you ever felt you should Cut own on your drinking ?
2. Have
people Annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
3. Have you ever felt bad or Guilty about your drinking?
4. Have you had an Eye
opener first thing in the morning to steady nerves or get
rid of a hangover?
Scoring: One point for each positive answer.
Score of 1-3 should create a high index of suspicion and warrants further
evaluation.
Score
of 1 80%
are alcohol dependent
Score
of 2 89%
are alcohol dependent
Score of 3 99%
are alcohol dependent
Score
of 4 100% are
alcohol dependent
Reference:
Ewing JA. Detecting alcoholism, the CAGE questionnaire. Journal of the American Medical Association. 252(14): 1905-1907, 1984.
