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The AUDIT questionnaire: choosing a cut-off score
Abstract
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a 10-item questionnaire designed by the World Health Organization to screen for hazardous alcohol intake in primary health care settings. In this longitudinal study we examine its performance in predicting alcohol-related harm over the full range of its scores using receiver operating characteristic analyses. Three hundred and thirty ambulatory care patients were interviewed using a detailed assessment schedule which included the AUDIT questions. After 2-3 years, subjects were reviewed and their experience of alcohol-related medical and social harm assessed by interview and perusal of medical records. AUDIT was a good predictor of both alcohol-related social and medical problems. Cut-off points of 7-8 maximized discrimination in the prediction a trauma and hypertension. Higher cut-offs (12 and 22) provided better discrimination in the prediction of alcohol-related social problems and of liver disease or gastrointestinal bleeding, but high specificity was offset by reduced sensitivity. We conclude that the recommended cut-off score of eight is a reasonable approximation to the optimal for a variety of endpoints.
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- Authors
- CONIGRAVE, K. M., HALL, W. D., & SAUNDERS, J. B.
- Venue
- Addiction
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1995-10
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1349-1356
- ISSN
- 0965-2140 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0443
- OpenAlex
- W2160759864
- Cited by
- 549
- References
- 13
- FWCI
- 5.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1 (tdm, 7275 d)
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