Abbreviations ASSIST: The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
CAGE-AID: Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye opener-Adapted to Include Drugs CGPA: Cumulative Grade Point Average DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental disorders 5th edition WHO: World Health Organization.
Two previous studies have compared the accuracy of the original CAGE questions with the CAGE questions adapted to include drugs (CAGE-AID).
In previous studies of conjoint screening questionnaires on a convenience sample of primary care patients and a random sample of medical, surgical, and orthopedic inpatients, three of the CAGE-AID questions exhibited sensitivity and specificity rates of approximately 70%.