The utility of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for the analysis of binge drinking in university students
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2017
- handle: 10670/1.7kkrf1
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Psicología AUDIT students Binge DrinkingSujets proches
School life Students--Education Pupils Student life and customs Universities and colleges--Students College students--Education University students College lifeCiter ce document
María Teresa Cortés Tomás et al., « The utility of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for the analysis of binge drinking in university students », Psicothema, ID : 10670/1.7kkrf1
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"The increasingly precise conceptualization of Binge Drinking (BD), along with the rising incidence of this pattern of intake amongst young people, make it necessary to review the usefulness of instruments used to detect it. Little evidence exists regarding effectiveness of the AUDIT, AUDIT-C and AUDIT-3 in the detection of BD. This study evaluates their utility in a sample of university students, revealing the most appropriate cut-off points for each sex. Methods: All students self-administered the AUDIT and completed a self-report of their alcohol consumption. A Two-step cluster analysis differentiated 5 groups of BD in terms of: the quantity consumed, the frequency of BD over the past six months and gender. A ROC curve adjusted cut-off points for each case. Results: 862 university students (18-19 years-old/59.5% female), 424 (49.2%) from Valencia and 438 (50.8%) from Madrid, had cut-off points of 4 in AUDIT and 3 in AUDIT-C as a better fi t. In all cases, the best classi fi er was AUDIT-C. Neither version properly classi fi es students with varying degrees of BD. Conclusions: All versions differentiate BD from non-BD, but none are able to differentiate between types of BD."