Fast screening for alcohol misuse

Ray J Hodgson; Bev John; Tina Abbasi; Rachel C Hodgson; Seta Waller; Betsy Thom; Robert G Newcombe

doi:10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00246-0

Fast screening for alcohol misuse

Ray J Hodgson, Bev John, Tina Abbasi, Rachel C Hodgson, Seta Waller, Betsy Thom, Robert G Newcombe

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UNLABELLED: The Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) has been developed from the AUDIT questionnaire.

AUDIT: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: guidelines for use in primary health care. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization for use in very busy medical settings. One feature of the FAST is its ease and speed of administration, especially since one question identifies over 50% of patients as either alcohol misusers or not. This study further explores the sensitivity and specificity of the FAST across ages, gender, and locations using the AUDIT as the gold standard. Two other quick tests are also compared with the AUDIT and the FAST, namely the Paddington Alcohol Test and the CAGE. All tests were quicker to administer than the AUDIT with the FAST taking just 12 s on average. All tests identified drinkers who would accept a health education booklet (over 70% of those identified) or 5 min of advice (over 40%). The FAST was consistently reliable when sensitivity and specificity were tested against AUDIT as the gold standard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1453-63
Number of pages	11
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	28
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00246-0
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alcoholism
Attitude of Health Personnel
Female
Health Care Costs
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
United Kingdom
Comparative Study
Multicenter Study

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