AUDIT-C screening results could be used to identify patients at risk for increased postoperative health care use who might benefit from preoperative alcohol interventions.doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.007Anna D. RubinskyHaili SunDavid K. Blough...
Lapham SC, Brown P, Suriyawongpaisal P, Skipper BJ, Chadbunchachai W, Paisarnsilp S (1999) Use of AUDIT for alcohol screening among emergency room patients in Thailand. Subst Use Misuse 34:1881-1895.Lapham, S. C. Brown, P. Suriyawongpaisal, P. et al. (1999). Use of audit for ...
Hazardous Drinking:This refers to a drinking pattern that poses a risk of adverse consequences, both to the individual and to others. While hazardous drinking may not necessarily indicate the presence of an alcohol use disorder, the AUDIT screening aids in identifying behaviors that warrant concern ...
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 ...
Gov.uk FAST Alcohol Screening Program FASTis a Gov resource which provides the best start to testing, it is a small questionnaire used by emergency departments in the UK. It consists of a sub-set of questions from the major AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test). ...
All positive alcohol screens (AUDIT-C score ≥5) documented 10/01/09-5/30/13 were identified from national electronic health records data from the Veterans Health Administration (VA). Regression models estimated unadjusted and adjusted proportions of HCV+ and HCV- patients receiving 1) brief inter...
The AUDIT-C was scored in the same way, with the scores summed for a possible score of 0 to 12. In addition, we evaluated the third AUDIT question as a 1-item screening test with a possible score of 0 to 4. The AUDIT was scored if 5 or more questions (at least half) were ...
Sensitivities and specificities of the screening tools were as follows: AUDIT (with cut-off score >8) 89% and 91%; CAGE 77% and 99%; BMAST 37% and 100%. 255 case records of patients scoring above the cut-off on one or more questionnaires were subsequently reviewed. The admitting team...
(disease duration: 14.2±10.79 years; the number of disease exacerbations requiring hospitalization/year: 0.81±0.12) unencumbered by a screening AUDIT score indicating possible alcohol problems (score less than 8 at the start of follow-up). All patients enrolled in the comparison group met all ...
Dawson, D. A., Grant, B. F., Stinson, F. S., & Zhou, Y. (2005). Effectiveness of the derived Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) in screening for alcohol use disorders and risk drinking in the US general population.Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, ...