{"id":1032,"date":"2004-09-01T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-01T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaydub.cms-devl.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2004\/01\/01\/using-the-audit-in-a-college-sample\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T16:47:22","slug":"using-the-audit-in-a-college-sample","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2004\/09\/01\/using-the-audit-in-a-college-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the AUDIT in a College Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"research-summary-body\">\n                    <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"contents\" -->  <\/p>\n<p>Hazardous<br \/>\n  drinking is common among college students, and its early detection<br \/>\n  and intervention can prevent serious consequences.  This<br \/>\n  study assessed the validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification<br \/>\n  Test (AUDIT), a 10-item screening tool for hazardous use, alcohol<br \/>\n  abuse, and dependence, among college students by comparing it with<br \/>\n  well-established reference standards (a validated calendar method<br \/>\n  for consumption and a diagnostic interview).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Among a sample of 302 college students (61% female), the AUDIT performed<br \/>\n      best as a screen for hazardous drinking amounts with a cut-off<br \/>\n      of 6 having a sensitivity of 91% and specificity of 60%.  Hazardous<br \/>\n      amounts were defined as follows: for men, 4 or more times when &gt;=5<br \/>\n      drinks were consumed in 1 sitting, or &gt;=57 drinks over the past<br \/>\n      28 days; and for women, 4 or more times when &gt;=4 drinks were<br \/>\n      consumed in 1 sitting, or &gt;=29 drinks over the past 28 days.<\/li>\n<li>The<br \/>\n      AUDIT performed less well in detecting current alcohol abuse or<br \/>\n      dependence (sensitivity 78%, specificity 57%) and lifetime abuse<br \/>\n      or dependence (sensitivity 71%, specificity 61%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes-1\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"research-summary-comments\">Comments:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"comments\" --><\/p>\n<p>Using well-established reference standards, the authors demonstrated<br \/>\n  that the AUDIT performs well as a screen for hazardous<br \/>\n  drinking amounts and less well for alcohol abuse or dependence in<br \/>\n  college students.  Researchers should study ways<br \/>\n  to improve the sensitivity of the AUDIT in the college<br \/>\n  population, as they have in other groups.  But for<br \/>\n  now, using a lower cut-off on the AUDIT than is standard<br \/>\n  for adults seems a reasonable approach to early identification<br \/>\n  of hazardous drinking in college students.<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n                    <cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"name\" -->Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH<!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Reference:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"reference\" --><\/p>\n<p>Kokotailo<br \/>\n  PK, Egan J, Gangnon R, et al. Validity of the Alcohol<br \/>\n  Use Disorders Identification Test in College Students. <em>Alcohol<br \/>\n  Clin Exp Res. <\/em> 2004;28(6):914\u2013920.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholism-cer.com\/pt\/re\/alcoholism\/abstract.00000374-200406000-00010.htm;jsessionid=ClXAWs2Z0Xo3EK2Yu2Qdm4AH3wt4Yovphf15Q0tL3jJP1ShhQVWP!-62745742!-949856032!9001!-1\" target=\"_blank\">(view<br \/>\n  abstract)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazardous drinking is common among college students, and its early detection and intervention can prevent serious consequences. This study assessed the validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), a 10-item screening tool for hazardous use, alcohol abuse, and dependence, among college students by comparing it with well-established reference standards (a validated calendar method [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions\/2265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}