CIWA-B (Benzodiazepine) Calculator

CIWA-B Calculator

Withdrawal severity assessment

Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Scale–Benzodiazepines (CIWA-B)

Evaluates the severity of benzodiazepine withdrawal using 3 clinical observations and 17 patient-reported symptoms.

Clinical observations

Observe the patient at the time of assessment. For behaviour, scores 1 and 3 represent severity between the adjacent anchor descriptions.

3 items

Patient-reported symptoms

Select the response that best describes the patient at the time of evaluation. The sleep-restfulness item is reverse scored.

17 items

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