AUDIT

How often did you have a drink containing alcohol in the past year?

Consider a drink to be a can or bottle of beer, a glass of wine, a wine cooler, or one cocktail or a shot of hard liquor.

Response:

Never: 0 points

Monthly or less: 1 point

2 to 4 times per month: 2 points

2 to 3 times per week: 3 points

4 or more times per week: 4 points

How many drinks did you have on a typical day when you were drinking in the past year?

Response:

0-2 drinks: 0 points

3 to 4 drinks: 1 point

5 to 6 drinks: 2 points

7 to 9 drinks: 3 points

10 or more drinks: 4 points

How often did you have 6 or more drinks on one occasion in the past year?

Response:

Never: 0 points

Less than monthly: 1 point

Monthly: 2 points

Weekly: 3 points

Daily or almost daily: 4 points

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A cutoff of 4 points or more identified 86 percent of patients with heavy drinking and/or active alcohol abuse or dependence with a specificity of 72 percent (false positive rate 18 percent).

Data from: Bush, K, Kivlahan, DR, McDonell, MB, et al. The AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions: An effective brief screening test for problem drinking. Arch Intern Med 1998; 158:1789.

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