title: [Validation of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in primary care].
abstract: The results of the validation for the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) in Primary Care are here reported. A total of 326 patients who attended two primary care centers were interviewed. In a first interview they answered the AUDIT questions and later were classified on the basis of disturbances caused by alcohol use: abuse or dependency. The diagnosis of abuse or dependency was obtained with the structured interview for DSM-III-R. Reliability was determined by the test-retest correlation and internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Efficacy was calculated by means of the area under the curve (receiver operating characteristics). A quarter of the interviewed patients were diagnosed of some disturbance caused by alcohol use. The internal reliability of the test was acceptable (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.86). The test-retest correlation coefficient was 0.90. All the questions acceptably correlated with the total in the scale. A cut-off point of 8 was the most efficient for the whole sample (90% sensitivity and 90% specificity). For females, the most efficient cut-off point was 6. For patients aged over 60 years, the most efficient cut-off point was 5 for both sexes. This study confirms the usefulness of AUDIT for screening alcohol-related problems in Primary Care.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubio Valladolid
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bermejo Vicedo
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Caballero Sánchez-Serrano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santo-Domingo Carrasco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Validación de la prueba para la identificación de trastornos por uso de alcohol (AUDIT) en Atención Primaria.