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A Comparison of Two Versions of the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol: The CIWA‐Ar and CIWA‐AD
Author(s) -
Reoux Joseph P.,
Oreskovich Michael R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490500419136
Subject(s) - significant difference , alcohol , anesthesia , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry
Scores from two versions of the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, the CIWA‐Ar and CIWA‐AD, were compared in 135 alcohol detoxification episodes. The paired mean score for withdrawal severity was statistically higher with the CIWA‐AD (p<0.001), but the mean difference of 0.45 (95% CI: 0.38–0.53, t — 11.74) is not likely to be clinically significant. The difference in the total score between the two scales was 1 point or less 82.6% of the time, and nearly all (97.7%) of the CIWA‐AD scores were within 3 points of the paired CIWA‐Ar score (range — 6 to +6).