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标题：THE UTILITY OF THE ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST (AUDIT)FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BINGE DRINKING IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
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作者：María Teresa Cortés Tomás ; José Antonio Giménez Costa ; Patricia Motos-Sellés 等
期刊名称：Psicothema
印刷版ISSN：0214-9915
电子版ISSN：1886-144X
出版年度：2017
卷号：29
期号：2
页码：229-235
DOI：10.7334/psicothema2016.271
出版社：Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado
摘要：Background: 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 fit. In all cases, the best classifier was AUDIT-C. Neither version properly classifies students with varying degrees of BD. Conclusions: All versions differentiate BD from non-BD, but none are able to differentiate between types of BD.
关键词：AUDIT; AUDIT-C; AUDIT-3; university students; Binge Drinking.