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Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol dependence and risk consumption in women are detected by AUDIT questionnaire
March 16th, 2006
AUDIT is a questionnaire with good psychometrics properties and is valid for detecting dependence and risk alcohol consumption in women. According to recent research from Spain, "Early detection of patients with alcohol problems is important in clinical practice. The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) questionnaire is a valid tool for this aim, especially in the male population. The objective of this study was to validate how useful is this questionnaire in females patients and to assess their test cut-off point for the diagnosis of alcohol problems in women." L.A. Torres and colleagues of the Hospital Regional Universitario Reina in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-16)
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