Fast Alcohol Screening Test

Hodgson, Ray; Alwyn, Tina; John, Bev; Thom, Betsy; Smith, Alyson

doi:10.1037/t18194-000

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“…An audit was conducted on three specified wards after the introduction of the FAST (Fast Alcohol Screening Test; Hodgson, Alwyn, John, Thom, & Smith, 2002) screening tool. Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured interviews with staff and patients to explore attitudes to the SBI process.…”

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Routine alcohol screening and brief interventions in general hospital in-patient wards: Acceptability and barriers

Groves

Pick²,

Davis

et al. 2010

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Aims: To explore the acceptability and barriers to the introduction of nurse-led routine screening and brief interventions (SBI) for alcohol misuse on general in-patient hospital wards. Methods: Screening was introduced on an in-patient ward at three general hospitals. Screening rates, numbers of referrals to alcohol liaison nurses (ALNs), brief interventions conducted and patients' access to specialist alcohol services at follow-up were measured. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted to explore staff/patient attitudes. Findings: Screening rates ranged from 17.7% to 36.6% in the three wards. The highest rates of screening and positive screening scores were recorded on a gastrointestinal (GI) ward. Attitudes of staff and patients towards the SBI process were generally positive; however, a number of current barriers to its implementation were identified. Conclusions: In order for the SBI approach to be incorporated into routine procedures in in-patient medical settings it may be necessary to provide ongoing support and training from specialist alcohol workers, and to have mechanisms that ensure the screen remains part of routine nursing documentation.

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“…The FAST alcohol screening test (Hodgson et al, 2002) was used as the standard tool for screening on the wards. The FAST was selected due to its brevity, specificity and sensitivity (Hodgson et al, 2003).…”

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Routine alcohol screening and brief interventions in general hospital in-patient wards: Acceptability and barriers

Groves

Pick²,

Davis

et al. 2010

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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“…score, 40). The AUDIT has good psychometric properties (Fleming, 1996;Hodgson et al, 2002) and has been used in a range of research settings (e.g., Davey et al, 2000;Hodgson et al, 2002) and with a variety of research samples (e.g., Chang, 2001).…”

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Subjective Appraisal of Threat (Criterion A2) as a Predictor of Distress in Childbearing Women

Devilly

Gullo

Alcorn³

et al. 2014

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, has removed criterion A2 from the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. The current study aimed to assess the claim that criterion A2 has low use in predicting distress, while addressing the shortcomings of previous research looking at criteria A1 and A2. Data from a longitudinal, prospective study was used, with 933 women having been assessed at four time points both prebirth and postbirth. In our sample of women, model comparisons suggest that criterion A2 should be reintroduced into the diagnostic criteria as it provides a better indicator of who goes on to have problems after giving birth than criterion A1 on its own. There is also evidence that this subjective reaction to event confrontation (A2) should include anger, shame, and guilt.

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“…The FAST was initially validated using the AUDIT as a comparative measure (Hodgson, Alwyn, John, Thom, and Smith, 2002). In their study, Hodgson et al (2002) observed that item three alone identified 66% of those patients with alcohol consumption-related problems, while items five, eight, and ten completed the screening process.…”

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“…However, there is a clear necessity for test-retest and interrater reliability studies and further validation studies in order to define the best cutoff points for each population and in different countries, languages and cultures. In particular, it is important to measure the instrument's sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive validity having adequate diagnostic instruments as comparative measures (Hodgson et al, 2002), as is the case of the structured clinical interview for diagnosis -clinical version (SCID-CV) or the composite international diagnostic interview (CIDI), which has not been done so far.Thus, this study aimed at evaluating the FAST psychometric qualities and at comparing them with those of the AUDIT in the screening of alcohol abuse and dependence in three clinical and nonclinical samples of Brazilian adults, using the Brazilian version of the SCID-IV (Del-Ben, Vilela, Crippa, Labate, and Zuardi, 2001) as the comparative diagnostic measure. …”

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The Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) is as Good as the AUDIT to Screen Alcohol Use Disorders

Meneses-Gaya

Crippa

Zuardi

et al. 2010

Substance Use & Misuse

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This study was aimed at assessing the psychometric qualities of the fast alcohol screening test (FAST), and at comparing these qualities to those of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in three samples of Brazilian adults: (i) subjects attended at an emergency department (530); (ii) patients from a psychosocial care center (40); and (iii) university students (429). The structured clinical interview for diagnosis (SCID)-IV was used as gold standard. The FAST demonstrated high test-retest and interrater reliability coefficients, as well as high predictive and concurrent validity values. The results attest the validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the FAST for the screening of indicators of alcohol abuse and dependence.

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Fast Alcohol Screening Test

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Routine alcohol screening and brief interventions in general hospital in-patient wards: Acceptability and barriers

Routine alcohol screening and brief interventions in general hospital in-patient wards: Acceptability and barriers

Subjective Appraisal of Threat (Criterion A2) as a Predictor of Distress in Childbearing Women

The Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) is as Good as the AUDIT to Screen Alcohol Use Disorders

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