Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
AUDIT
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Tool
Purpose : Screening tool to identify people who are at risk of developing alcohol problems
Admin time : 10 min
User Friendly : High
Administered by : GP or nurse
Content : 10 questions to assess the level of risk, be it hazardous, harmful or dependent
Author : World Health Organisation, 1982
Copyright : Free to use
AUDIT
AUDIT - Guidelines
AUDIT - Brief Intervention
AUDIT - online
AUDIT
Advantages:
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free to use
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quick
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relatively non-confrontational
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Extensively validated :
Disadvantages:
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the degree of alcohol usage within different population groups and other clinical and/or community settings will likely differ, and may thus influence sensitivity and specificity.
Accuracy : (Fujii H, 2016) access
AUDIT score ≥ 8 : Sensitivity 97.5 % and specificity 79,1 %
These Tools are used in the assessment of
Alcohol Problems
Back To : Alcohol Problems
Back To : Thorny Issues
This is one of several topics presented in the Thorny Issues sector of this toolkit