Performance of the AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions (AUDIT-C) and AUDIT-K Question 3 Alone in Screening for Problem Drinking

Utility of the Alcohol Consumption Questions in the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for Screening At-Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorders among Korean College Students

“…In Korea, Seong et al14) reported the validity of AUDIT-C for screening adult male at-risk drinkers. In the study, the sensitivity and specificity of AUDIT-C were reported as 82% and 76%, respectively, with a cutoff score of 8 or more, for screening cases of at-risk drinking.…”

“…According to the present study, an optimal cutoff score of the AUDIT-C that could be applied to screen atrisk drinking among college students was suggested as 6 or more for men and 4 or more for women. In addition, Seong et al14) suggested an AUDIT-C score of 9 or more for screening alcohol use disorders with a sensitivity and specificity of 76% and 79%, respectively. In comparison, in the current study, the score for alcohol use disorders among male students was suggested as 7 or more, and among female students, 6 or more.…”

“…In addition, a straight forward comparison of our study with Seong et al's study may not be appropriate because no diagnostic interviews were conducted in Seong et al's study. Seong et al14) classified their subjects with problem drinking and alcohol use disorders based on the total score of the 10-item AUDIT according to the study of Kim et al17) instead of diagnostic interviews.…”

“…Thus, in the US and Europe, the utility of the first three questions in the AUDIT on alcohol intake and drinking frequency, which are called the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Alcohol Consumption Questions (AUDIT-C), has been shown to be effective to screen problem drinking 12,13). In Korea, the usefulness of AUDIT-C in screening problem drinking cases has been also reported to be almost the same as that of AUDIT in adult males,14) but its utility for college students has not been evaluated yet. In this study, the validity of AUDIT-C was investigated in screening cases of at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder among college students, whose drinking practices are considered different from that of the general adult population.…”

Korea’s Drinking Culture: When an Organizational Socialization Tool Threatens Workplace Well-being

“…The study found that 54.8% of the participants drank with colleagues and had 1.83 rounds of drink on average, and 76.9% of the participants drank consecutively at different places in one night. However, Seong et al (2009) pointed that AUDIT scale has as many as 10 items which is time-consuming and not efficient for emergency patients. Thus, Seong et al tested the validity of AUDIT-C (AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions) which has fewer items than AUDIT and the third question in AUDIT-K (Korean translated version of AUDIT) and concluded that AUDIT-C is a valid and practical tool to measure alcohol disorder.…”