TWEAK
1.A How many
drinks does it take before you begin to feel the first effects of alcohol?
(3 or more drinks = 2 points)
or
1.B How many drinks does it take before the
alcohol makes you fall asleep
or pass out. If you never pass
out , what is the largest number of drinks that you have? [Tolerance]
(5 or more drinks = 2 points)
2. Have
your friends or relatives worried about your drinking in the past year? [Worried]
(yes = 1 point)
3. Do you sometimes take a drink in the
morning when you first get up? [Eye-opener] (yes
= 1 point)
4. Are there times when you drink and afterwards
can't remember what you said or
did? [Amnesia]
(yes = 1 point)
5. Do you sometimes feel the need to cut
down on your drinking? [K/C Cut down]
yes = 1 point)
Scoring: Three or more points is considered
positive for alcoholism/heavy drinking.
Reference: Chan AWK; Pristach EA; Welte JW; Russell M. Use
of the TWEAK test in screening for alcoholism/heavy drinking in three populations. Alcoholism:
Clinical and Experimental Research 17(6): 1188-1192, 1993. (30 refs.)
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