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How to appraise an article on diagnosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hagen Rampes ,
James P. Warner  and
Robert Blizard
Hagen Rampes
Affiliation:
South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London
James P. Warner*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street London NW3 2QG
Robert Blizard
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street London NW3 2QG
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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In our evidence-based journal club we appraised an article investigating the use of the CAGE questions in screening psychiatric populations for alcohol misuse. We calculated a likelihood ratio of four for a score of two or more positive CAGE questions, suggesting the CAGE is a moderately useful screening instrument.

Type
Evidence-based psychiatry
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 506 - 509
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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