title: Does the alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption identify the same patient population as the full 10-item alcohol use disorders identification test?
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a computer-based 3-item version (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption [AUDIT-C]) of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) identifies alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the same patients as the full 10-item version in 809 women and 747 men in an anesthesiology preoperative assessment clinic. According to cutoffs used (
  5-8 points, AUDIT-C: 4-6 points), rate of disagreement (AUDIT-positive and AUDIT-C-negative or vice versa) ranged between 4% and 31% (men) and between 4% and 19% (women). In male patients, 15% were positive for both the AUDIT (≥8 points) and the AUDIT-C (≥6 points), 7% were positive for AUDIT-C only, and 4% were positive for AUDIT only. In female patients, using cutoffs of 5 more points (AUDIT) and 4 or more points (AUDIT-C), 16% were positive for both versions, 9% were positive for AUDIT-C only, and 2% were positive for AUDIT only. The AUDIT and AUDIT-C seem to identify AUD in differing patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. tim.neumann@charite.de
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Linnen
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kip
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grittner
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weiβ-Gerlach
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kleinwächter
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macguill
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mutzke
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spies
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires