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Alcohol Use Disorders Identification
Dimension: Risk factors start consumption
Area
Personal
Specificity
Specific: Alcohol
Year
1989
Author
Babor, de la Fuente, Saunders, & Gran
Identification and Classification
- Instrument
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Alcohol Use Disorders Identification
- Acronym
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AUDIT
- Area
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Personal
- Dimension
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Risk factors start consumption
- Specificity
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Specific: Alcohol
- Objective
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Evaluate the behavior of alcohol use
- Factors it measures
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- Risk use
- Harmful use
- Symptoms of dependence
- Year
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1989
- Author
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Babor, de la Fuente, Saunders, & Gran
- Author Contact Data
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Consultar Organización Mundial de la Salud
- Availability
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Free
- Link
Versions
Year
1999
Validation Country
Spain
Author
Contel, Gual, & Colom
Author Contact Data
Contel, Montserrat
Òrgan Tècnic de Drogodependències. Departament de Sanitat i Seguretat Social. Pavellón Ave Maria. Travessera de Les Corts, 131-159. 08028 Barcelona.
Teléfono: 932272900
E-mail: mcontel@dsss.scs.es
References
Contel, M., Gual, A., & Colom, J. (1999). Test para la identificación por uso de alcohol (AUDIT): Traducción y validación del AUDIT al catalán y castellano. Adicciones, 11, 337-347.
Year
2002
Validation Country
Portugal
Author
Cunha
Author Contact Data
Vieira Da Cunha, Joao
Director of Research, IÉSEG School of Management
E-mail: j.cunha@ieseg.fr
References
Cunha, J. (2002). Validação da versão portuguesa dos questionários AUDIT e Five-Shot para identificação de consumo excessivo de álcool. Lisboa: Internato Complementar de Clínica Geral da Zona Sul.
Year
2011
Validation Country
Brazil
Author
Moretti-Pires, & Corradi-Webster
Author Contact Data
Moretti-Pires, Rodrigo Otávio
Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Campus Universitário, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil
E-mail: rodrigo.moretti@pq.cnpq.br
References
Moretti-Pires, R. O., & Corradi-Webster, C. M. (2011). Adaptation and validation of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for a river population in the Brazilian Amazon. Caderno de Saúde Pública, 27, 497-509.
Year
2016
Validation Country
Spain
Author
García, Novalbos, Martínez, & O’Ferrall
Author Contact Data
García, Miguel Ángel
Universidad de Cádiz. Facultad de Enfermería. Avda. Ana de Viya nº 52. 11009 - Cádiz.
E-mail: miguel.garcia.carretero@hotmail.com
References
García, M. Á., Novalbos, J. P., Martínez, J. M., & O’Ferrall, C. (2016). Validación del Test para la Identificación de Trastornos por Uso de Alcohol en población universitaria: AUDIT y AUDIT-C. Adicciones, 28, 194-204.
Year
2017
Validation Country
Spain
Author
Rial, Golpe, Araujo, & Varela-Mallou
Author Contact Data
Rial, Antonio
Facultad de Psicología. c/ Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n. Campus Vida-Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. 15782, Santiago de Compostela E-mail: antonio.rial.boubeta@usc.es
References
Rial, A., Golpe, S., Araujo, M., & Varela-Mallou, J. (2017). Validación del “Test de Identificación de Trastornos por Consumo de Alcohol” (AUDIT) en población adolescente española. Psicología Conductual, 25, 371-386.
Description
- Abstract
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AUDIT is an instrument for the evaluation of alcohol use through three factors, these are, symptoms of dependency, risk use or harmful use. To do this, a total of 10 items of multiple choice are used, constituting an effective test in the assessment of problematic use
- Psychometric characteristics
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It has a high internal consistency and reliability- The modifications in the order of the questions and their terms did not affect the scores, so that a certain flexibility is inferred in the application of items. It has also demonstrated its usefulness as a screening instrument for the alcohol use risk in primary care clinics and emergency medical services in disorders related to this substance and the detection of the risk of use
- No. of items
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Consists of 10 multiple choice items
- Duration
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5 min
- Way of administration
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- Individual and collective
- Paper
- Way of qualification
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From obtaining a score equal to or greater than 8, it indicates that there is risk of use
- Application context
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Clinic
- Population
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Adolescents, adults
- References
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Babor, T. F., de la Fuente, J. R., Saunders, J., & Grant, M. (1989). AUDIT. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Guidelines for use in primary health. World Health Organization, Geneva.