AUDIT score for risky alcohol consumption cluster
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 632025 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 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 frequency alcohol consumption code N; and Person—consumption of 6 or more standard drinks on one occasion, AUDIT consuming 6 or more standard drinks code Nare 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 |
Reference documents: | Department of Health and Ageing 2009. The Australian Standard Drink. Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing. Babor T, Higgins-Biddle JC, Saunders JB, Monteiro MG 2001. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Guidelines for Use in Primary Care. 2nd edn. Switzerland: World Health Organization. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes AUDIT score of risky alcohol consumption cluster Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 Has been superseded by AUDIT score for risky alcohol consumption cluster Health!, Recorded 31/05/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison entrants NBEDS Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: This cluster is included in the Prisoner health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prison entrants who report a high risk of alcohol-related harm (as measured by the AUDIT-C). |
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