dc.contributor.author |
de Silva, P. |
en_US |
dc.contributor.author |
Jayawardana, P. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Pathmeswaran, A. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-29T09:25:43Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-10-29T09:25:43Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Alcohol and Alcoholism (oxford). 2008; 43(1): pp.49-50 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0735-0414 (Print) |
en_US |
dc.identifier.issn |
1464-3502 (Electronic) |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1833 |
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dc.description |
Indexed in MEDLINE |
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dc.description.abstract |
AIMS: To determine cut-offs for the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) 10-item questionnaire, differentiating hazardous drinking (HZD) and alcohol use disorders (AUD) from low risk drinking (LRD), and AUD from HZD and LRD among married men in a Sri Lankan sample. METHODS: Using 62 low risk drinkers and 88 each from hazardous drinkers and AUD, the AUDIT instrument was compared with adapted and translated versions of a beverage-specific, quantity-frequency questionnaire, and the alcohol use module of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), and two receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted. RESULTS: The area under the ROC curves to differentiate HZD + AUD from LRD and AUD from HZD + LRD were 0.96 (95% CI: 0.94-0.99) and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.95-0.99) respectively. The cut-off values of 7 and 16 were observed to have the best trade-offs between sensitivity, specificity, the ratio of positive likelihood to negative likelihood ratios, and positive predictive values. CONCLUSION: The AUDIT could be used to screen for LRD, HZD, and AUD among Sinhalese married men in Sri Lanka. |
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dc.publisher |
Oxford University Press |
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dc.title |
Concurrent validity of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.identifier.department |
Public Health |
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dc.creator.corporateauthor |
Medical Council on Alcoholism |
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dc.creator.corporateauthor |
Medical Council on Alcohol |
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