title: [Performance assessment of CAGE screening test among psychiatric outpatients].
abstract: Descriptive and transversal study to evaluate the performance of CAGE among psychiatric outpatients at a tertiary-level university hospital. Convenience sample composed of patients from HCFMRP-USP (n=127). The instruments used were CAGE and the diagnostic interview based on ICD-10 criteria for harmful use and alcohol dependence. The performance of CAGE scores was evaluated through the analysis of ROC curve, using the ICD-10 clinical diagnostic as a gold standard. The sensitivity and specificity in accordance with the cut-off points are: > or =0, Sens=100%, Spec=0%; > or =1, Sens=100%, Spec=73.7%; > or =2, Sens=53.8%, Spec=87.7%; > or =3, Sens=53.8%, Spec=94.7%; > or =4, Sens=0%; Spec=100%. Score 1 showed to be the ideal critical point for sensibility/specificity. > or =1 was the best cut-off point for CAGE among psychiatric outpatients from a tertiary-level university hospital. To increase the diagnostic power of the test and the reliability of its results, its performance in the study population should be assessed.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo. clarissac@usp.br
authors.forename: Clarissa Mendonça
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Corradi-Webster
authors.forename: Milton Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Laprega
authors.forename: Erikson Felipe
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Furtado
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires