Utility of the CAGE-Test as a Screening Tool for Alcoholism in Public Health

<BODY> <CENTER><A TARGET="_top" HREF="/sentiers/edition/theses/catalogue.html"><IMG SRC="../../images/b_catalogue.gif" ALT="Retour au catalogue des thèses" Border="0" WIDTH="109" height="35"></A></CENTER> <BR><BR> <HR NOSHADE> <UL> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#intro"><STRONG>1 Introduction </STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.1">1.1 Definition of Alcoholism</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.2">1.2 The impact of Alcoholism on Public Health</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.3">1.3 Prevention</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.4">1.4 Alcohol screening tests</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.5">1.5 The CAGE Questionnaire</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.6">1.6 The CAGE and gender differences</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.7">1.7 The CAGE in General Populations</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.8">1.8 The CAGE in Public Health</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.0.9">1.9 Goals of the study</A> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.1"><STRONG>2 Methods</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.1.10">2.1 Setting and population</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.1.11">2.2 Content of the Questionnaire</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.1.12">2.3 Measures</A> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2"><STRONG>3 Results</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.13">3.1 CAGE results at the threshold of 2</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.14">3.2 Alcohol and alcohol related problems</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.15">3.3 Reliability</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.16">3.4 Validation of content</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.17">3.5 Characteristics of the different CAGE questions</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.18">3.6 Validation of the CAGE at a threshold of 2</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.19">3.7 Threshold at 1</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.20">3.8 CAGE performance in detecting low symptomatic alcoholism</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.2.21">3.9 Characteristics of the individual CAGE scores</A> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.3"><STRONG>4 Discussion</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.3.22">4.1 Validation of a the CAGE in a French version administered to a general population sample</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.3.23">4.2 Performance of different cut-offs</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.3.24">4.3 Ability of the CAGE in detecting low symptomatic alcoholism</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.3.25">4.4 Gender differences</A> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#th.0.3.26">4.5 Utility of the CAGE as a screening tool in Public health</A> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><A HREF="these_body.html#conclu"><STRONG>5 Conclusion</STRONG></A> </LI> </UL> <HR NOSHADE> <P><A HREF="these_back.html#i"><STRONG>6 Literature review</STRONG></A></P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="these_back.html#ii"><STRONG>6.1 CAGE Characteristics in different applications to general populations</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="these_back.html#iii"><STRONG>6.2 Comments</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> <P><A HREF="these_back.html#xvii"><STRONG>References</STRONG></A></P> </BODY>