Identifying young people who drink too much: the clinical utility of the five-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
HELEN MILES ◽  
ADAM WINSTOCK ◽  
JOHN STRANG
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Identification Test

scholarly journals Estudio sobre el consumo de riesgo y perjudicial del alcohol en alumnos de la UT del Norte de Aguascalientes

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Paula Carmina Del Valle-Ávila ◽  
Juan Carlos García-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Scholastic Performance ◽  
Identification Test ◽  
The University ◽  
Technological University

This article presents a study about the risk and harmful consumption of alcohol in young people of the Technological University of North Aguascalientes, whose objective is to make a situational diagnosis about the habits of alcohol consumption, as well as their level of risk, harmful consumption and possible dependence in said population, for this purpose the Identification Test of Alcohol Consumption Disorders (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, AUDIT) was used as an instrument, which was applied digitally in 756 students of second semester in 14 educational programs of the Higher University Technical level, in this way the type of alcohol consumption was identified, which will allow the University to implement actions to raise awareness and awareness of the negative consequences of its consumption in the different areas of his life as the academic is, manifested through the low scholastic performance, lag and / or desertion, as well as in the personal, social and family area.

scholarly journals Alkoholkonsum bei Medizinstudierenden. Eine Analyse über 7 Jahre (2011 bis 2017)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Jacobs ◽  
Maike Linke ◽  
Ernst Peter Richter ◽  
Stephanie Drössler ◽  
Anja Zimmermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Psychische Belastung ◽  
Eine Analyse ◽  
Symptom Inventory ◽  
Identification Test

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In der Literatur lassen sich Hinweise darauf finden, dass bei Medizinstudierenden häufig risikohafter Alkoholkonsum vorliegt. Ziel der Arbeit Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist, den Alkoholkonsum Medizinstudierender im Zeitverlauf zu untersuchen. Material und Methoden Von 2011 bis 2017 wurden Dresdner Medizinstudierende des zweiten Semesters mit dem „Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test“ (AUDIT) befragt. Mögliche beeinflussende Faktoren des Alkoholkonsums wie Alter, Geschlecht, psychische Belastung („Brief-Symptom Inventory-18“ [BSI-18]), Jahrgang und Abiturnote der Medizinstudierenden wurden in einer Regressionsanalyse geprüft. Ergebnisse Auffällige Scores im AUDIT wiesen 47 % der Studierenden auf. Die männlichen Studierenden zeigten verglichen mit ihren Kommilitoninnen signifikant höhere Scores (6,73 vs. 4,64; p < 0,001). Aus der Regressionsanalyse gingen das Geschlecht (p = 0,000) sowie die psychische Belastung (p = 0,041; Frauen: p = 0,000) als beeinflussende Faktoren des Alkoholkonsums hervor. Schlussfolgerung Die Medizinstudierenden des zweiten Semesters zeigen häufig problematischen Alkoholkonsum, wobei dies v. a. für die männlichen Studierenden gilt. Der Alkoholkonsum von Medizinstudierenden scheint sich von 2011 bis 2017 nicht zu verändern. Die psychische Belastung stand überwiegend bei den weiblichen Medizinstudierenden mit dem Alkoholkonsum in Zusammenhang.

scholarly journals Comparing short versions of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a military cohort

2018 ◽  
Vol 165 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Watterson ◽  
B Gabbe ◽  
P Dietze ◽  
A Bowring ◽  
J V Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorders ◽  
Pearson’S Correlation ◽  
Identification Test ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol ◽  
Military Populations ◽  
Pearson's Correlation ◽  
Short Versions

BackgroundThe Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is widely used for monitoring harmful alcohol consumption among high-risk populations. A number of short versions of AUDIT have been developed for use in time-constrained settings. In military populations, a range of AUDIT variations have been used, but the optimal combination of AUDIT items has not been determined.MethodsA total of 952 participants (80% male), recruited as part of a wider study, completed the AUDIT-10. We systematically assessed all possible combinations of three or four AUDIT items and established AUDIT variations using the following statistics: Cronbach’s alpha (internal consistency), variance explained (R2) and Pearson’s correlation coefficient (concurrent validity).ResultsMedian AUDIT-10 score was 7 for males and 6 for females, and 380 (40%) participants were classified as having a score indicative of harmful or hazardous alcohol use (≥8) according to WHO classifications.A novel four-item AUDIT variation (3, 4, 8 and 9) performed consistently higher than established variations across statistical measures; it explained 85% of variance in AUDIT-10, had a Pearson’s correlation of 0.92 and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.63. The FAST, an established shortened AUDIT variant, together with several other four-item novel variants of AUDIT-10 performed similarly. The AUDIT-C performed consistently low on all measures, but with a satisfactory level of internal consistency (75%).ConclusionShortened AUDIT variations may be suitable alternatives to the full AUDIT for screening hazardous alcohol consumption in military populations. Four-item AUDIT variations focused on short-term risky drinking and its consequences performed better than three item versions.Trial registration numberACTRN12614001332617.

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