| How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? | Never Monthly or less 2-4 times a month 2-3 times a week 4 or more times a week |
| How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking? | 1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or 6 7 to 9 10 or more - |
| How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion? | Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily - |
| During the past year, how often have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started? | Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily - |
| During the past year, how often have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking? | Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily - |
| During the past year, how often have you needed a drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session? | Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily - |
| During the past year, how often have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking? | Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily - |
| During the past year, have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking? | Never Less than monthly Monthly Weekly Daily or almost daily - |
| Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking? | No Yes, but not in the past year Yes, during the past year - |
| Has a relative or friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down? | No Yes, but not in the past year Yes, during the past year - |
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (Interview Version) requires the interviewer to read the questions as written and offer the interviewee the possible choices.
This screening test was developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and examines risky or hazardous alcohol use, dependence symptoms and high risk or harmful alcohol use.
Begin the AUDIT interview by saying "Now I am going to ask you some questions about your use of alcoholic beverages during this past year."
For quantification, drink should be recorded in terms of "standard drinks."
Ten Questions
1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
2. How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking?
[Questions 3-8 are answered on the same scale]
3. How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
4. During the past year, how often have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
5. During the past year, how often have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?
6. During the past year, how often have you needed a drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?
7. During the past year, how often have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
8. During the past year, have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?
10. Has a relative or friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?
Scoring (total points):
Reference:
Saunders JB, et al. Development of the alcohol use disorders identification test(AUDIT): WHO collaborative project on early detection of persons with harmful alcohol consumption - II. Addiction 1993;88:791=803.