These recommendations provide a data-supported approach. They are based on the
following:(1) formal review and analysis of the recently published world literature on the …

Purpose To review the reliability and validity of the CAGE questionnaire across different
patient populations and discuss its role in the detection of alcohol-related problems …

Background & Aims Alcohol abuse causes half of all deaths from cirrhosis in the West, but
few tools are available for noninvasive diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease. We evaluated 2 …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the reliability and validity of the 4-item SURE (Sure of
myself; Understand information; Risk-benefit ratio; Encouragement) screening test for …

Background and objective: In Sweden, mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD)
increased steadily during the 20th century and in the mid-1980s it was highest in the county …

BACKGROUND. Emotional distress and psychiatric disorders are common among patients
with advanced cancer. Oncologists play an important role in screening for these conditions …

BackgroundDepression is reported to be associated with increased mortality, although
underlying mechanisms are uncertain. Associations between anxiety and mortality are also …

Background In meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy, routinely only one pair of
sensitivity and specificity per study is used. However, for tests based on a biomarker or a …

Smoking is reported to be associated with depression and anxiety. The present study (a)
examines these associations taking comorbidity into account,(b) investigates possible …

Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of advanced chronic liver disease in
Latin-America, although data on prevalence is limited. Public health policies aimed at …