Comfortably Engaging: Which Approach to Alcohol Screening Should We Use?
Open Access
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 2 (5), 398-404
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.83
Abstract
PURPOSE We wanted to compare 2 screening instruments for problem drinking, the CAGE and a single question, assessing frequency of use, patient and clinician comfort, and patient engagement in change.Keywords
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