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ConceptClinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
DescriptionAssessment tool used to measures the severity of opiate withdrawal.
UseUse to record individual COWS parameters and total score as part of an objective and subjective opiate withdrawal assessment.
PurposeTo record individual COWS parameters and total score.
ReferencesTompkins DA, Bigelow GE, Harrison JA, Johnson RE, Fudala PJ, Strain EC. Concurrent validation of the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) and single-item indices against the Clinical Institute Narcotic Assessment (CINA) opioid withdrawal instrument. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Nov 1;105(1-2):154-9. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.07.001. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PMID: 19647958; PMCID: PMC2774236.

Wesson DR, Ling W. The Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS). J Psychoactive Drugs. 2003 Apr-Jun;35(2):253-9. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2003.10400007. PMID: 12924748.
Copyright© Cambio Healthcare Systems, openEHR Foundation
AuthorsAuthor name: Syeeda S Farruque
Organisation: Cambio Healthcare Systems
Email: models@cambiocds.com
Date originally authored: 2017-02-20
Other Details LanguageAuthor name: Syeeda S Farruque
Organisation: Cambio Healthcare Systems
Email: models@cambiocds.com
Date originally authored: 2017-02-20
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