title: [Screening for risk factors for alcohol consumption in the Quebec Health Survey].
abstract: The CAGE is a brief and simple alcoholism screening test which should be evaluated in the general population. A secondary analysis of the data from the Quebec Health Survey on a representative sample (n = 19,724) of those 15 years and older established the psychometric properties of the French version of the CAGE. A coefficient of internal consistency (alpha = 0.70) and a factorial analysis suggesting a unidimensional structure indicate a good homogeneity of the CAGE. A 13-item index of alcoholic dependence (CAGE + nine social consequences of drinking) also indicates a very good internal consistency (alpha = 0.91). This study confirms the usefulness of the CAGE and the index of dependence as screening tools for general population surveys.
authors.affiliation: Dépt. de Psychiarrie, Université McGill. Hôpital Général de Montréal, QC.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Tempier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011792:Quebec; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: Dépistage de la consommation d'alcool à risque dans l'Enquête Santé Québec.