TY - JOUR
T1 - The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screen for at-risk drinking in primary care patients of different racial/ethnic backgrounds
AU - Volk, Robert J.
AU - Steinbauer, Jeffrey R.
AU - Cantor, Scott B.
AU - Holzer, Charles E.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - This study examined the operating characteristics a the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screen for 'at-risk' drinking in a multi-ethnic sample of primary care patients, from a family practice center located in the southwestern United States. A probability sample of 1333 family medicine patients, stratified by gender and racial/ethnic background (white, African-American and Mexican-American) completed the AUDIT, followed by the Alcohol Use Disorders and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule (AUDADIS) to determine ICD-10 diagnoses. Indicators of hazardous alcohol use and alcohol-related problems were included as measures of 'at-risk' drinking. Despite differences in the spectrum of alcohol problems across patient subgroups, there was no evidence of gender or racial/ethnic bias in the AUDIT as indicated by Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve analysis. Excluding abstainers from the analysis had little impact on screening efficacy. In this patient population, the AUDIT appears to be an unbiased measure of 'at-risk' drinking.
AB - This study examined the operating characteristics a the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screen for 'at-risk' drinking in a multi-ethnic sample of primary care patients, from a family practice center located in the southwestern United States. A probability sample of 1333 family medicine patients, stratified by gender and racial/ethnic background (white, African-American and Mexican-American) completed the AUDIT, followed by the Alcohol Use Disorders and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule (AUDADIS) to determine ICD-10 diagnoses. Indicators of hazardous alcohol use and alcohol-related problems were included as measures of 'at-risk' drinking. Despite differences in the spectrum of alcohol problems across patient subgroups, there was no evidence of gender or racial/ethnic bias in the AUDIT as indicated by Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve analysis. Excluding abstainers from the analysis had little impact on screening efficacy. In this patient population, the AUDIT appears to be an unbiased measure of 'at-risk' drinking.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03652.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03652.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9158231
AN - SCOPUS:0031054734
SN - 0965-2140
VL - 92
SP - 197
EP - 206
JO - Addiction
JF - Addiction
IS - 2
ER -