In addition to the resources below, please review Using the AUDIT-PC to Predict Alcohol Withdrawal in Hospitalized Patients [PubMed Abstract] [Full-Text HTML] [Full-Text PDF]. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jan;29(1):34-40. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2551-9.
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Today I review The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Piccinelli Consumption (AUDIT-PC) To Predict Alcohol Withdrawl.
Here is the Google AI Summary:
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Piccinelli Consumption (AUDIT-PC) is a five-item screening tool that assesses alcohol consumption. It’s used to identify hazardous drinking and predict alcohol withdrawal.
How it’s used
- The AUDIT-PC is designed to screen for hazardous alcohol use.
- It’s based on the original AUDIT survey, developed by the World Health Organization.
- The AUDIT-PC includes the first item of the AUDIT, which asks how often the patient drinks.
How it’s scored
- The AUDIT-PC has similar psychometric characteristics to the AUDIT.
- A higher AUDIT-PC score is associated with an increased risk of alcohol withdrawal.
What it predicts
- The AUDIT-PC can predict the development of alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients.
Other AUDIT versions
- The AUDIT-C is a shorter version of the AUDIT that consists of the first three items.
- The AUDIT is designed to help health care practitioners identify excessive drinking and alcohol dependence.
Here is a copy of The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Piccinelli Consumption (AUDIT-PC) [Link is to Using the AUDIT-PC to Predict Alcohol Withdrawal
in Hospitalized Patients]:
Table 1.
AUDIT, AUDIT-PC*, AUDIT-3*, and AUDIT-C* Items
0 1 2 3 4 1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?1 Never ≤ Monthly 2–4 times a month 2–3 times a week > 4 times a week 2. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?1 1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or 6 7 or 9 ≥ 10 3. How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?2 , 3 Never < Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 4. How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?1 Never < Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking?1 , 3 Never < Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 6. How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session? Never < Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking? Never < Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?3 Never < Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily 9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking? Never Yes, but not in the last year Yes, during the last year 10. Has a relative, friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you should cut down?1 , 3 Never Yes, but not in the last year Yes, during the last year AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
Note: All items are included in the AUDIT
* Abbreviated versions of the AUDIT
1Included in the AUDIT-PC
2Included in AUDIT-3
3Included in AUDIT-C
In busy hospital environments, time is a precious resource, necessitating brevity. Several abbreviated versions of the AUDIT are available, including the AUDIT-3,15 the AUDIT-C,15 and the AUDIT-PC16–18 (Table 1). The AUDIT-3 has a single item (AUDIT item 3) that measures binge drinking. The AUDIT-C consists of the first three items contained in the original AUDIT survey. The AUDIT-PC was designed to screen for hazardous alcohol intake, consists of five AUDIT items, including the first, which asks how often the patient drinks, and has similar psychometric characteristics to the AUDIT.18 Based on existing research with the AUDIT,4,19 the desire for a briefer instrument, and the importance of the frequency of prior alcohol use in the development of AWS, we chose the AUDIT-PC for study.
Because the AUDIT-PC was developed to identify problem drinkers in outpatient primary care, and not to predict the risk of AWS in medical/surgical inpatients, and a literature review revealed no studies examining the AUDIT-PC’s efficacy as a predictor of AWS, we conducted the present study. Our primary objective was to examine the test characteristics of the AUDIT-PC in terms of its ability to predict the development of AWS occurring after admission among hospitalized medical-surgical inpatients.
