AUDIT score of risky alcohol consumption cluster
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 403067 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
DSS type: | Data Element Cluster |
Scope: | This data cluster is used to provide a score on the World Health Organization's Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) screening instrument. The data elements in this cluster relate to alcohol use in the last 12 months only. The AUDIT is a reliable and simple screening tool which is sensitive to the early detection of risky and high-risk (or hazardous and harmful) drinking. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The AUDIT score of risky alcohol consumption cluster comprises three data elements which record the frequency of alcohol consumption, the number of standard drinks consumed on a typical day when drinking and the frequency of consuming six or more standard drinks on one occasion. The combination of codes for the three data elements: Person—alcohol consumption amount (self-reported), total standard drinks NN; Person—alcohol consumption frequency, AUDIT alcohol consumption frequency code N; and Person—consumption of 6 or more standard drinks on one occasion, AUDIT consumption of 6 or more standard drinks code N are used to provide a score on the AUDIT. Responses to each question on the AUDIT are scored from 0 to 4, with a maximum possible score over the three questions being 12. A score of 6 or more on the AUDIT may indicate a risk of alcohol-related harm. The formula for calculating a standard drink is: Volume of container in litres x % alcohol by volume (ml/100ml) X 0.789*= The number of standard drinks. For example:
425ml light beer (2.9% alcohol) 1 standard drink 375ml stubby or can (4.9% alcohol) 1.4 standard drinks 425ml full strength beer (4.9% alcohol) 1.6 standard drinks 30 ml spirits (40% alcohol) 1 standard drink 150ml wine (12% alcohol) 1.5 standard drinks * The specific gravity of ethyl alcohol is 0.789. |
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Collection methods: | The AUDIT contains the following questions: Over the last 12 months: a) How often did you have a drink containing alcohol? 0 Never 0 1 or 2 0 Never If the person's response to '(a) How often did you have a drink containing alcohol' is Never, do not ask questions (b) and (c). The person should only record one answer to each question. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by AUDIT score for risky alcohol consumption cluster Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison entrants DSS Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: This cluster is included in the Prisoner Health DSS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prison entrants who report a risk of alcohol-related harm (self-report). |
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