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dc.contributor.author | de Silva, P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jayawardana, P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pathmeswaran, A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:25:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:25:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Alcohol and Alcoholism (oxford). 2008; 43(1): pp.49-50 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0735-0414 (Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1464-3502 (Electronic) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1833 | - |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | - |
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. | - |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.title | Concurrent validity of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Public Health | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | Medical Council on Alcoholism | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | Medical Council on Alcohol | en_US |
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