Accuracy of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test for screening of alcoholism in patients of a medical department.
Arch Intern Med
; 149(9): 2071-4, 1989 Sep.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2774783
ABSTRACT
To measure the applicability and validity of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test in a medical hospital department situated in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, the test was administered to 300 patients. The results of the test were validated in relation to the clinical diagnosis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism through a concordance analysis. The applicability rate was 89% and the agreement between test and clinical diagnosis was good, especially in young men. Positive and negative predictive values of the test were 0.69 and 0.92, respectively. These results suggest, therefore, that the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test could be considered as a standardized, valuable, and transcultural screening and research instrument.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Programas de Rastreamento
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Alcoolismo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Intern Med
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Article
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