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CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE
(Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilty feelings, end Eyeopeners)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 12-08-2016
last updated: 11-08-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 11-08-2019 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements the CAGE questionnaire (identifying possible alcoholism) as described in:
Ewing JA. Detecting alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire.
J Am Med Assoc 1984;252:1905–1907.
MAYFIELD, D., MCCLEOD, G. & HALL, P. (1974)
The CAGE questionnaire: validation of a new
alcoholism screening instrument, American Journal
of Psychiatry, 131, pp. 1121-1123.
Ewing JA, Rouse SA: Identifying the hidden
alcohollc. Presented at the 29th International
Congress on Alcohol and Drug Dependence,
Sydney, Australia, Feb 3, 1970.
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OVERVIEW
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4 yes/no questions
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes less than 1 minute to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'cage.iqdat'
date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 0 = no, 1 = yes
no reversed scored questions
q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'cage_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
cageScore: total score (yes = 1; No = 0) => Range 0-4
Ewing (1984) suggests a physician use the CAGE survey to "determine his index of suspicion that
alcoholism may exist. Thus, even one positive reply calls for further inquiry."
+ responses to individual questions q1-q4 with 0 = no; 1 = yes
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INSTRUCTIONS
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can be changed under section SURVEYPAGES