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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Visual Aids and Standard Drink Equivalent Conversion Chart For estimating alcohol consumption In the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

This study tested reliability and accuracy of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) screening instrument and its abbreviated versions, AUDIT-C, the first three question items, and AUDIT-3, only the third question item, after incorporating beverage specific visual aids and standard drink equivalent conversion chart into second and third question items.

Internal consistencies for AUDIT and AUDIT-C were Cronbach’s alphas 0.89 and 0.84 respectively. Areas under receiver operating characteristic curves (AUROCs) for AUDIT, AUDIT-C and AUDIT-3 were 0.96, 0.97 and 0.99 respectively.

New tools make AUDIT useful detecting early - stage alcohol related problems in settings in the world similar to Sri Lanka, a small island in South Asia, where the concept of standard drink is unknown.

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