Table 1 Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - adapted wording for Aboriginal Australians
Adapted Aboriginal-specific AUDIT items[20] | Original AUDIT item | Response | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | How often do you drink? | How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
2–4 times a month | 2 | |||
2–3 times a week | 3 | |||
4 or more times a week | 4 | |||
2. | When you have a drink, how many do you usually have in one day? | How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking? | 1 or 2 | 0 |
3 or 4 | 1 | |||
5 or 6 | 2 | |||
7–9 | 3 | |||
10 or more | 4 | |||
3. | How often do you have six or more drinks on one day? | How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
Monthly | 2 | |||
Weekly | 3 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 4 | |||
4. | In the last year, how often have you found you weren’t able to stop drinking once you started? | During the past year, how often have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
Monthly | 2 | |||
Weekly | 3 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 4 | |||
5. | In the last year, how often has drinking got in the way of doing what you need to do? | During the past year, how often have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
Monthly | 2 | |||
Weekly | 3 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 4 | |||
6. | In the last year, how often have you needed a drink in the morning to get yourself going? | During the past year, how often have you needed a drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
Monthly | 2 | |||
Weekly | 3 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 4 | |||
7. | In the last year, how often have you felt bad about your drinking? | During the past year, how often have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
Monthly | 2 | |||
Weekly | 3 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 4 | |||
8. | In the last year, how often have you had a memory lapse or blackout because of your drinking? | During the past year, have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking? | Never | 0 |
Monthly or less | 1 | |||
Monthly | 2 | |||
Weekly | 3 | |||
Daily or almost daily | 4 | |||
9. | Have you injured yourself or anyone else because of your drinking? | Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking? | No | 0 |
Yes, but not in the past year | 2 | |||
Yes, during the past year | 4 | |||
10. | Has anyone (family, friend, doctor) been worried about your drinking or asked you to cut down? | Has a relative or friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down? | No | 0 |
Yes, but not in the past year | 2 | |||
Yes, during the past year | 4 |