Clinical Review
Auditing the Risk for Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Fed Pract. 2009 March;26(3):E1
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), a popular 10-question screening tool, has a condensed, three-question version—the AUDIT-Consumption (AUDIT-C). Studies have shown that the AUDIT-C is a time-saver for detecting unhealthy alcohol use. But is it as accurate as the AUDIT?