Alcohol screening instruments in elderly male: a population-based survey in metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil Instrumentos de detecção do uso de álcool em homens idosos: um estudo populacional na região metropolitana de São Paulo, Brasil

OBJECTIVE: This study compares the efficacy of the AUDIT (gold standard) with the more easily and quickly applied instruments CAGE, TWEAK, and T-ACE for men aged > 60 using data from a representative stratified sample of the general population of metropolitan São Paulo. METHOD: The GENACIS questi...

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Main Authors: Janaina Barbosa de Oliveira, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos, Florence Kerr-Corrêa, Maria Odete Simão, Maria Cristina Pereira Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Men
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011000400007