CAGE Questionnaire.

CAGE

What it measures

Lifetime alcohol-problem screen; mnemonic Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener

Length and format

4 items. Yes/No (1/0); summed 0-4; >=2 suggests clinically significant alcohol problem (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, FR, PT, DE, ZH, JA

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Ewing, J. A. (1984). Detecting alcoholism: The CAGE questionnaire. JAMA, 252(14), 1905-1907.