Paddington alcohol test - created for patients attending accident and emergency departments, used for a quick assessment. Takes on average twenty seconds - so has an advantage over the Audit test in acute cases - and is sensitive to alcohol-related problems. ...
An Epidemiological Analysis about the Scoring of Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence and AUDIT Test for Alcohol Dependence among Tribal Adults in a Rural Tribal BlockRahul Kewal Kumar
In general, sensitivity should take priority over specificity for alcohol screening in primary care settings, since further assessment by primary care providers is relatively easy and inexpensive. The AUDIT-C was more sensitive and specific for heavy drinking than for active alcohol abuse or dependence...
Two additional corrective actions addressed the issue of missing persons in drug and alcohol testing, which is crucial for workplace safety assurance, although efficacy data on this matter are weak and inconsistent (Alfred et al., 2020, Pidd et al., 2016, Pidd and Roche, 2014). It is ...
Patients underwent a staged screening process; the Paddington Alcohol Test (PAT)[1] was used as a pre-screen, if positive AUDIT-C was administered followed by the full 10 question AUDIT questionnaire where AUDIT-C >5[2]. For patients scoring AUDIT>15referral to the ASN enabled assessment ...
Establishing the construct validity of rapid assessment instrument's (RAI's) is essential to their effective clinical utilization. A sample of multiple offender drunk drivers were administered the Severity of Alcohol Dependency Questionnaire (SAD-Q, n = 132), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test ...
Case reviewers felt that efforts to prevent recurrent episodes due to gallstones and alcohol were inadequate as 21% of patients in the study had one or more previous episodes of acute pancreatitis. Aspects of general care where improvements could be made include better antibiotic stewardship; as 1...