title: [Adaptation and validation of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for a river population in the Brazilian Amazon].
abstract: The objective of this study was to validate the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for a river population in the Brazilian Amazon. The original English version of AUDIT was translated into Portuguese, using the procedure recommended by the World Health Organization. The text was then back-translated and submitted to a native English translator, who approved the translation. AUDIT was administered to 361 inhabitants for a total of three times in two weeks. Data were analyzed for test/retest reliability and internal consistency. Cronbach's alpha was 0.87 at the first interview, 0.87 at the second, and 0.86 at the third. Test/retest reliability assessed via the intra-class correlation coefficient for the total AUDIT scale was 0.93. Area under ROC was 0.805 for a cutoff of seven (sensitivity 76.4%; specificity 75%). The validated AUDIT proved to be internally consistent and stable over time, but requires further investigation of its psychometric properties.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brasil. rodrigo.moretti@pq.cnpq.br
authors.forename: Rodrigo Otávio
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Moretti-Pires
authors.forename: Clarissa Mendonça
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Corradi-Webster
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012424:Rural Population; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult