DO CAGE SCORES PREDICT READINESS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS

Authors
DENT THS SHEPHERD RM ALEXANDER GJM LONDON M
Citation
Ths. Dent et al., DO CAGE SCORES PREDICT READINESS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS, Alcohol and alcoholism, 30(5), 1995, pp. 577-580
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
Journal title
Alcohol and alcoholism → ACNP
ISSN journal
07350414
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
577 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-0414(1995)30:5<577:DCSPRT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Four-hundred-and-twenty-three medical in-patients received the CAGE, b rief Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST) and Readiness to Change (R CQ) questionnaires. Those positive on the CAGE and MAST were more like ly to be in contemplation and action phases of the RCQ, suggesting tha t simple questionnaires identify patients who not only have drinking p roblems but are ready to make changes to combat them.