Aims The prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in the United Kingdom is estimated at
25%, and primary care has been identified as the first line of treatment for this population …

Background Alcohol problems are a major health issue in Nepal and remain under
diagnosed. Increase in consumption are due to many factors, including advertising, pricing …

Aims: One of the many barriers to more frequent alcohol screening by primary care
physicians is a reported concern that patients may be offended by questions about drinking …

BACKGROUND. Although nonmedical use of illicit and prescription drugs is not uncommon
among American adults, the currently recommended screening tests for substance use …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and relative costs of different screening methods for the
identification of alcohol use disorders in an opportunistic screening programme in primary …

BACKGROUND. The effects of patients' abuse of and dependence on alcohol are well
known, but screening for problem drinking by primary care physicians has been limited. The …

For a sample of 1156 patients (520 alcoholics and 636 nonalcoholics), discriminant function
analyses were performed on the total score, a nine‐item version, and a two‐item version of …

OBJECTIVE: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is an important
screening tool but has never been administered to Korean Americans. This study was …

Abstract Introduction The World Health Organization's (WHO) Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test (AUDIT) is used extensively across the world, with cut-off scores …

A survey was carried out using the Canterbury Alcohol Screening Test (CAST) and clinical
criteria for risk of alcohol withdrawal of 2000 randomly selected hospital in-patients in order …