Korean J Fam Med.  2014 Jan;35(1):2-10. 10.4082/kjfm.2014.35.1.2.

Reliability and Validity of Alcohol Use Disorder dentification Test-Korean Revised Version for Screening At-risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorders

• Kim CG
• Kim JS
• Jung JG
• Kim SS
• Yoon SJ
• Suh HS

• KMID: 2304154
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2014.35.1.2

Abstract

BACKGROUND
There needs to be an amendment to the Korean version of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) with regards to the recent change in percent alcohol by volume (ABV) Korean liquor. This study was performed to suggest a cutoff value, reliability and validity of AUDIT-Korean revised version (AUDIT-KR), which reflect the change of the ABV of Korean alcohol.
METHODS
The subjects were 435 peoples (210 males and 225 females), who visited the Chungnam National University Hospital for a comprehensive medical examination. The respondents completed the AUDIT-KR. At-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders had been evaluated by diagnostic interview. The Cronbach's alpha value, the receiver operating characteristic curve, the appropriate cutoff value, sensitivity and specificity of the AUDIT-KR were evaluated.
RESULTS
There were 190 at-risk drinkers (111 males and 79 females), and 66 people with alcohol use disorders (48 males and 18 females). The cutoff value of the AUDIT-KR for at-risk drinking was 3 points (sensitivity 93.69% and specificity 78.79%) for males and 3 points (sensitivity 92.40% and specificity 78.08%) for females. The cutoff value for alcohol use disorders was 10 points (sensitivity 100.00% and specificity 89.51%) for males and 8 points (sensitivity 100.00% and specificity 93.71%) for females. Cronbach's alpha of the AUDIT-KR was 0.885.
CONCLUSION
The above results suggest that the AUDIT-KR shows a high reliability and validity in identifying at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders.

Keyword

Alcohols; Questionnaires; Drinking

MeSH Terms

Alcohols
Chungcheongnam-do
Surveys and Questionnaires
Drinking*
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening*
Reproducibility of Results*
ROC Curve
Sensitivity and Specificity
Alcohols