AUDIT-PC

Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based

Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Tool

Primary Care

Purpose : Screening tool for use in Primary Care settings to identify frequency and patterns of consumption for people who are at risk of developing alcohol problems

Admin time : 5 min

User Friendly : High

Administered by : GP or nurse

Content : 5 questions to assess the level of risk, be it hazardous, harmful or dependent

Author :

AUDIT-PC

Advantages:

free to use
quick
relatively non-confrontational

Disadvantages:

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 : (Gomez A, 2005) access

Sensitivity 100 % and specificity 79,4 %

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

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