Performance assessment of CAGE screening test among pschiatric outpatients

Authors

  • Clarissa Mendonça Corradi-Webster Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
  • Milton Roberto Laprega Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
  • Erikson Felipe Furtado Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000800017

Keywords:

scales, sensitivity and specificity, substance-related disorders, outpatients, alcoholism

Abstract

Descriptive and transversal study to evaluate the performance of CAGE among psychiatric outpatients at a tertiary-level university hospital. Convenience sample composed of patients from HCFMRP-USP (n=127). The instruments used were CAGE and the diagnostic interview based on ICD-10 criteria for harmful use and alcohol dependence. The performance of CAGE scores was evaluated through the analysis of ROC curve, using the ICD-10 clinical diagnostic as a gold standard. The sensitivity and specificity in accordance with the cut-off points are: >;0, Sens=100%, Spec=0%; >;1, Sens=100%, Spec=73.7%; >;2, Sens=53.8%, Spec=87.7%; >;3, Sens=53.8%, Spec=94.7%; >;4, Sens=0%; Spec=100%. Score 1 showed to be the ideal critical point for sensibility/specificity. >;1 was the best cut-off point for CAGE among psychiatric outpatients from a tertiary-level university hospital. To increase the diagnostic power of the test and the reliability of its results, its performance in the study population should be assessed.

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Published

2005-12-01

Issue

Vol. 13 (2005): Número Especial 2

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Performance assessment of CAGE screening test among pschiatric outpatients. (2005). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 13(spe2), 1213-1218. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692005000800017