Can the AUDIT consumption items distinguish lower severity from high severity patients seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder?

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Jeffrey D WardellChristian S Hendershot

Abstract

Brief screening tools based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) consumption items (e.g., AUDIT-C and AUDIT-3) are commonly used in general medical settings to identify at-risk drinkers who may benefit from alcohol interventions. Conversely, in specialty alcohol treatment settings with a high volume of self-referrals, there may be a need for brief screening tools that can help to identify patients who are unlikely to require intensive treatments, but there has been little research on the use of AUDIT-C or AUDIT-3 in this context. The current study examined the utility of brief screeners comprised of the AUDIT consumption items for distinguishing lower-severity patients from high severity patients in a cohort of individuals self-referring to specialty alcohol treatment. Participants were adults seeking treatment for alcohol problems (N = 853) at a large public psychiatric hospital in Toronto, Canada, who completed the full 10-item AUDIT as part of an initial telephone screening with hospital staff. Results of receiver operating characteristic curve analyses showed that both the AUDIT-C and the AUDIT-3 demonstrated adequate accuracy (area under the curve; AUC > 0.85) for distinguishing lower-severity patients ...Continue Reading

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Mar 24, 2021·Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism·Bev JohnGareth Roderique-Davies

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