Alcoholic CIWA score : Take Alcohol withdrawal severity test online

 Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment - Alcohol (CIWA-A) and a shortened version, the CIWA-A revised (CIWA-Ar) are the best known and most extensively studied scales that measures Alcohol withdrawal severity.

 

From 30 signs and symptoms, the scale has been carefully refined to a list of 10 signs and symptoms :

Scores of less than 8 to 10 indicate minimal to mild withdrawal.

Scores of 8 to 15 indicate moderate withdrawal (marked autonomic arousal);

Scores of 15 or more indicate severe withdrawal (impending delirium tremens).

 The assessment requires 2 minutes to perform (Sullivan, et al, 1989).

CIWA-Ar categories

CIWA-Ar categories, with the range of scores in each category, are as follows:

• Agitation (0-7)
• Anxiety (0-7)
• Auditory disturbances (0-7)
• Clouding of Sensorium (0-4)
• Headache (0-7)
• Nausea/Vomiting (0-7)
• Paroxysmal Sweats (0-7)
• Tactile disturbances (0-7)
• Tremor (0-7)
• Visual disturbances (0-7)

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CIWA_Ar interactive test 

OR you can also take the following text test if the interactive CIWA-Ar test is not working for you properly 

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Addiction Research Foundation Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol

CIWA-Ar paper test

Patient:__________________________ Date: ________________ Time: _______________.(24 hour clock, midnight = 00:00)
Pulse or heart rate, taken for one minute:_________________________ Blood pressure:______
NAUSEA AND VOMITING -- Ask "Do you feel sick to your stomach? Have you vomited?" Observation. 0 no nausea and no vomiting 1 mild nausea with no vomiting 2 3 4 intermittent nausea with dry heaves 5 6 7 constant nausea, frequent dry heaves and vomiting	TACTILE DISTURBANCES -- Ask "Have you any itching, pins and needles sensations, any burning, any numbness, or do you feel bugs crawling on or under your skin?" Observation. 0 none 1 very mild itching, pins and needles, burning or numbness 2 mild itching, pins and needles, burning or numbness 3 moderate itching, pins and needles, burning or numbness 4 moderately severe hallucinations 5 severe hallucinations 6 extremely severe hallucinations 7 continuous hallucinations
TREMOR -- Arms extended and fingers spread apart. Observation. 0 no tremor 1 not visible, but can be felt fingertip to fingertip 2 3 4 moderate, with patient's arms extended 5 6 7 severe, even with arms not extended	AUDITORY DISTURBANCES -- Ask "Are you more aware of sounds around you? Are they harsh? Do they frighten you? Are you hearing anything that is disturbing to you? Are you hearing things you know are not there?" Observation. 0 not present 1 very mild harshness or ability to frighten 2 mild harshness or ability to frighten 3 moderate harshness or ability to frighten 4 moderately severe hallucinations 5 severe hallucinations 6 extremely severe hallucinations 7 continuous hallucinations
PAROXYSMAL SWEATS -- Observation. 0 no sweat visible 1 barely perceptible sweating, palms moist 2 3 4 beads of sweat obvious on forehead 5 6 7 drenching sweats	VISUAL DISTURBANCES -- Ask "Does the light appear to be too bright? Is its color different? Does it hurt your eyes? Are you seeing anything that is disturbing to you? Are you seeing things you know are not there?" Observation. 0 not present 1 very mild sensitivity 2 mild sensitivity 3 moderate sensitivity 4 moderately severe hallucinations 5 severe hallucinations 6 extremely severe hallucinations 7 continuous hallucinations
ANXIETY -- Ask "Do you feel nervous?" Observation. 0 no anxiety, at ease 1 mild anxious 2 3 4 moderately anxious, or guarded, so anxiety is inferred 5 6 7 equivalent to acute panic states as seen in severe delirium or acute schizophrenic reactions	HEADACHE, FULLNESS IN HEAD -- Ask "Does your head feel different? Does it feel like there is a band around your head?" Do not rate for dizziness or lightheadedness. Otherwise, rate severity. 0 not present 1 very mild 2 mild 3 moderate 4 moderately severe 5 severe 6 very severe 7 extremely severe
AGITATION -- Observation. 0 normal activity 1 somewhat more than normal activity 2 3 4 moderately fidgety and restless 5 6 7 paces back and forth during most of the interview, or constantly thrashes about	ORIENTATION AND CLOUDING OF SENSORIUM -- Ask "What day is this? Where are you? Who am I?" 0 oriented and can do serial additions 1 cannot do serial additions or is uncertain about date 2 disoriented for date by no more than 2 calendar days 3 disoriented for date by more than 2 calendar days 4 disoriented for place/or person
	Total CIWA-Ar Score ______Rater's Initials ______Maximum Possible Score 67

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The CIWA-Ar is not copyrighted and may be reproduced freely. This assessment for monitoring withdrawal symptoms requires approximately 5 minutes to administer. The maximum score is 67 (see instrument). Patients scoring less than 10 do not usually need additional medication for withdrawal.

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Sullivan, J.T.; Sykora, K.; Schneiderman, J.; Naranjo, C.A.; and Sellers, E.M. Assessment of alcohol withdrawal: The revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale (CIWA-Ar).British Journal of Addiction 84:1353-1357, 1989.

Source: HSTAT (TIP 19)