Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

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The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a 10-item screening instrument developed by the World Health Organisation, which can be either self or clinician administered, and is designed to assess harmful alcohol use, abuse and dependence [519]. No specific training is required to administer or score the AUDIT. Scores on each of the 10 items are summed (questions 1 to 8 are scored on a 0 to 4 scale and 9 and 10 are scored 0,2,4), with a score of 8 or more indicating hazardous or harmful alcohol use [519]. The maximum score is 40. The AUDIT is included in Appendix U.