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Table 2 Selected findings on brief screening tools for alcohol use disorders

From: Care for hospitalized patients with unhealthy alcohol use: a narrative review

Instrument

Positive result

Sensitivity

Specificity

Study populations

AUDIT

≥ 8

Range

Range

Systematic review of primary care studies [21]

(10 items)*

61 to 96

85 to 96

CAGE

≥ 2

Range

Range

Systematic review of primary care studies [21]

(4 items)

77 to 94

79 to 97

RAPS4

≥ 1

93

87

Emergency department patients [40]

(4 items)

 
  1. *AUDIT includes the AUDIT-C and can be used to screen for unhealthy alcohol use. Similarly, screens in Table 1 can be combined with screens in Table 2 to jointly screen for unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol use disorders.