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Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders: A Comparison of the AUDIT-C and the CARET

Journal of aging and health, 2019-12, Vol.31 (10), p.1770 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders: A Comparison of the AUDIT-C and the CARET
Author: Towers, Andy ; Szabó, Ágnes ; Newcombe, David A L ; Sheridan, Janie ; Moore, Allison A ; Hyde, Martin ; Britton, Annie ; Martinez, Priscilla ; Minicuci, Nadia ; Kowal, Paul ; Clausen, Thomas ; Savage, Christine L
Subjects: Aged ; Alcoholism - epidemiology ; Alcoholism - psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mass Screening - methods ; Middle Aged ; New Zealand - epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Risk Assessment - methods ; Risk-Taking ; Surveys and Questionnaires
Is Part Of: Journal of aging and health, 2019-12, Vol.31 (10), p.1770
Description: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness. The AUDIT-C and the CARET were administered to 3,673 adults aged 55 to 89 years. Classification agreement between the screens was evaluated using Cohen's kappa. Hazardous drinking groups were compared using logistic regression. Analysis indicated moderate agreement between the screens. Drinkers classified as "hazardous on the CARET only" consumed less alcohol, but were more likely to drink-drive. Introducing a drink-driving criterion into the calculation of hazardousness on the AUDIT-C substantially decreased the classification discrepancy between the measures. Standard screening can be improved by investigating comorbidities, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors in those initially identified as nonhazardous drinkers.
Publisher: United States: SAGE Publications Ltd
Language: English;Norwegian
Identifier: ISSN: 0898-2643
EISSN: 1552-6887
DOI: 10.1177/0898264318794108
PMID: 30145918
Source: NORA Norwegian Open Research Archives

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Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders: A Comparison of the AUDIT-C and the CARET

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ;ISSN: 0898-2643 ;EISSN: 1552-6887 ;DOI: 10.1177/0898264318794108 ;PMID: 30145918

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