Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, Revised.
CIWA-Ar
Severity of acute alcohol-withdrawal syndrome (nausea/vomiting, tremor, sweats, anxiety, agitation, tactile/auditory/visual disturbance, headache, orientation)
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 10 items. Items 1-9 scored 0-7, orientation 0-4; summed 0-67; thresholds (~8-10) drive symptom-triggered medication (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- Several languages incl. ES, PT, FR (clinical adaptations)
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Sullivan, J. T., Sykora, K., Schneiderman, J., Naranjo, C. A., & Sellers, E. M. (1989). Assessment of alcohol withdrawal: The revised CIWA-Ar scale. British Journal of Addiction, 84(11), 1353-1357.
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