Journal article
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) in the Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorders Among Acute Injury Patients
D Wade, T Varker, D Forbes, M O'Donnell
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12247
Abstract
Background: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) is a brief alcohol screening test and a candidate for inclusion in recommended screening and brief intervention protocols for acute injury patients. The objective of the current study was to examine the performance of the AUDIT-C to risk stratify injury patients with regard to their probability of having an alcohol use disorder. Methods: Participants (n = 1,004) were from a multisite Australian acute injury study. Stratum-specific likelihood ratio (SSLR) analysis was used to examine the performance of previously recommended AUDIT-C risk zones based on a dichotomous cut-point (0 to 3, 4 to 12) and risk zones deriv..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Program grant (568970). The authors would like to thank patients and staff from the hospital trauma centers for their participation in the study, and an anonymous reviewer who provided expert feedback on the submitted manuscript. DW conducted the literature search, and contributed to the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and writing. TV contributed to the data analysis and interpretation and critical revision. DF contributed to the data interpretation and critical revision. MO contributed to the study design, data collection and interpretation, and critical revision.