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Concurrent validity of an Estimator of Weekly Alcohol Consumption (EWAC) based on the Extended AUDIT

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Dutey-Magni, PF, Brown, J, Holmes, J, Sinclair, JMA·2020·Addiction
DOI 10.1101/2020.12.11.20247106

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Background and Aims: The 3-question Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) is frequently used in healthcare for screening and brief advice about levels of alcohol consumption. AUDIT-C scores (0–12) provide feedback as categories of risk rather than estimates of actual alcohol intake, an important metric for behaviour change. The study aimed to (a) develop a continuous metric from the Extended AUDIT-C expressed in United Kingdom (UK) units (8g pure ethanol), offering equivalent accuracy, and providing a direct estimator of weekly alcohol consumption (EWAC) and (b) evaluate the EWAC’s bias and error using the Graduated-Frequency (GF) questionnaire as a reference standard of alcohol consumption. Design: Cross-sectional diagnostic study based on a nationally-representative survey. Settings: Community-dwelling households in England. Participants: 22,404 household residents aged ≥ 16 years reporting drinking alcohol at least occasionally. Measurements: Computer-assisted personal interviews consisting of (a) AUDIT questionnaire with extended response items (the ‘Extended AUDIT’) and (b) GF. Primary outcomes were: mean deviation <1 UK unit (metric of bias); root mean squared deviation <2 UK units (metric of total error) between EWAC and GF. The secondary outcome was the receiver operating characteristic area under the curve for predicting alcohol consumption in excess of 14 and 35 UK units. Findings: EWAC had a positive bias of 0.2 UK units [95% confidence interval: 0.08, 0.4] compared with GF. Deviations were skewed: while the mean error was ±11 UK units/week [9.5, 11.9], in half of participants the deviation between EWAC and GF was between 0 and ±2.1 UK units/week. EWAC predicted consumption in excess of 14 UK units/week with a significantly greater area under the curve (0.918 [0.914, 0.923]) than AUDIT-C (0.870 [0.864, 0.876]) or the full AUDIT (0.854 [0.847, 0.860]). Conclusions: A new estimator of weekly alcohol consumption (EWAC), which uses answers to the Extended Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (Extended AUDIT-C), meets the targeted bias tolerance. It is superior in accuracy to AUDIT-C and the full AUDIT when predicting consumption thresholds, making it a reliable complement to the Extended AUDIT-C for health promotion interventions.

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Metadata

Authors
Dutey-Magni, P., Brown, J., Holmes, J., & Sinclair, J.
Affiliations
  • University College London (GB)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Addiction
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2020-12-11
Volume
117
Issue
3
Pages
580-589
ISSN
0965-2140 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1101/2020.12.11.20247106
OpenAlex
W3192701357
Cited by
10
References
1
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2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2
FWCI
1.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Addiction (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • medRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wessex Academic Health Science Network
  • Cancer Research UK (22962)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (15/63/01, SPHR‐SWP‐ALC‐WP5)
  • Medical Research Council Canada (MR/P016960/1)
  • Medical Research Council (MR/P016960/1, P016960)
  • Public Health Research Programme (15/63/01)
  • School for Public Health Research (SPHR-SWP-ALC-WP5)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
Keywords
weekly alcohol consumption, alcohol consumption assessment, AUDIT-C, concurrent validity, alcohol screening, alcohol consumption thresholds, measurement bias, alcoholism, brief advice, alcohol harm prevention, community-dwelling adults, England, alcohol consumption monitoring
MeSH terms
Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Mass Screening, Surveys and Questionnaires

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Dutey-Magni, P., Brown, J., Holmes, J., & Sinclair, J. (2020). Concurrent validity of an Estimator of Weekly Alcohol Consumption (EWAC) based on the Extended AUDIT. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.11.20247106