Scientific background: AUDIT
About this test
The AUDIT was developed by the World Health Organization as part of an international multi-center study (Saunders et al., 1993) and is today the most widely used screening instrument for hazardous drinking in primary care worldwide. It covers three areas: consumption (questions 1-3), dependence symptoms (questions 4-6), and alcohol-related problems (questions 7-10). Numerous international validation studies confirm good sensitivity and specificity for detecting hazardous use.
Dimensions
Alcohol-Related Risk (Total Score)
Sum across all ten items (0–40 points).
Sources & license
Babor, T. F., Higgins-Biddle, J. C., Saunders, J. B., & Monteiro, M. G. (2001). AUDIT: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test – Guidelines for Use in Primary Care (2nd ed.). World Health Organization.
"This document may be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced, and translated, in part or in whole but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes" (WHO/MSD/MSB/01.6a, copyright page) -- free for non-commercial screening use. Item wording, response-scale anchors, and the official 0-7/8-15/16-19/20-40 scoring bands were verified verbatim against this WHO manual.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-MSD-MSB-01.6a