SCREENING EXAMINATIONS FOR COVERT ALCOHOLISM

调查人员试图建立笼子筛查面谈和 实验室数据描述是酒精中毒的有效和可靠的指标。至 为此，他们计划采访来自医疗部门的总共1000名患者， 外科和精神科服务，为期三年。每位病人 将接受酒精中毒的筛查面试(笼子问题) 随后进行了更深入的采访。调查人员将收集 来自患者家属和医疗保健提供者的确凿数据。在……里面 此外，调查人员将从每个人那里收集临床实验室数据 患者的记录或作为研究的一部分提取的血液样本。这些 数据将作为比较筛选面试和 首席调查员的实验室数据档案符合更严格的标准 用于酒精中毒的诊断。统计检验在统计分析中的应用 效度和可靠性将允许进行这种比较。探索性的 将进行分析，以调查改善 以前开发的判别函数。根据试点研究， 调查人员假设笼子和自民党都会被找到 关于酒精中毒的诊断和诊断的经验有效和可靠 因此，将有助于设计一个部分自动化的系统 酒精中毒筛查。

The investigators seek to establish the CAGE screening interview and the Laboratory Data Profile as valid and reliable indicators of alcoholism. To do this, they plan to interview a total of 1,000 patients from medical, surgical and psychiatric services over a three year period. Each patient will be given a screening interview for alcoholism (CAGE questions) followed by a more in-depth interview. The investigators will collect corroborative data from patients' families and health care providers. In addition, the investigators will collect clinical laboratory data from each patient's record or from blood samples drawn as part of the study. These data will serve as the basis for comparing the screening interview and the principal investigator's Laboratory Data Profile to more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of alcoholism. The applications of statistical tests of validity and reliability will allow for this comparison. Exploratory analyses will be done to investigate the possibility of improving the previously developed descriminant function. Based on pilot studies, the investigators hypothesize that both the CAGE and the LDP will be found empirically valid and reliable with respect to alcoholism diagnosis and will, therefore, be useful in designing a partially automated system of alcoholism screening.