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The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in a college sample.
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The 10-item questionnaire section of the AUDIT appears to have important advantages over other alcohol screening instruments such as the CAGE and the MAST.Abstract:
This study was conducted to estimate the psychometric properties of the questionnaire section of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a college sample using DSM-III criteria for alcohol abuse as the criterion standard. This alcohol screening test was developed for the 10 country AMETHYST project. In this young adult sample the instrument exhibited a sensitivity of 84 and specificity of. 71 when utilizing the recommended cut-off score of 11. The 10-item questionnaire section of the AUDIT appears to have important advantages over other alcohol screening instruments such as the CAGE and the MAST.read more
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The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): validation of a screening instrument for use in medical settings.
TL;DR: The AUDIT Core Instrument is useful for early detection of hazardous or harmful drinking, while the AUDIT Clinical Instrument is better applied to identification and/or confirmation of cases of alcohol dependence.
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The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): A Review of Recent Research
Duane F. Reinert,John P. Allen +1 more
TL;DR: Although more research is needed on non-English versions to establish their psychometric properties, at least in its English edition, the AUDIT demonstrates sensitivities and specificities comparable, and typically superior, to those of other self-report screening measures.
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
TL;DR: This manual introduces the AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption, and designed to be used in conjunction with a companion document that provides complementary information about early intervention procedures.
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A review of research on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
TL;DR: Sensitivity and specificities of the AUDIT or criteria of current hazardous use and, to a slightly lesser extent, lifetime alcohol dependence are high, and AUDIT scores are at least moderately related to other self-report alcohol screening tests.
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Screening for problem drinking : Comparison of CAGE and AUDIT.
TL;DR: The authors compared self-administered versions of three questionnaires for detecting heavy and problem drinking: CAGE, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and an augmented version of the CAGE.
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