Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
AUDITHazardous & Harmful Alcohol Use
10 items
1993
α 0.75–0.92
Free
Saunders, J.B., Aasland, O.G., Babor, T.F., de la Fuente, J.R., & Grant, M.
What it measures
The WHO's recommended screening instrument for hazardous and harmful alcohol use. Validated in primary care and research settings across 40+ countries. Identifies a spectrum from hazardous use to dependence.
Response format
5-point frequency scale (varies by item); total 0–40
Representative items
- How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
- How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?
- How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?
- How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
- How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected because of drinking?
Usage notes & scoring
Freely available from the WHO. Scoring: 0–7 low risk, 8–15 hazardous use, 16–19 harmful use, 20+ possible dependence. AUDIT-C (items 1–3) widely used as a brief primary care screener.
Recommended companion scales
PHQ-9GAD-7BIS-11
Citation
Saunders, J.B., Aasland, O.G., Babor, T.F., de la Fuente, J.R., & Grant, M. (1993). Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Addiction, 88(6), 791–804.
Keywords
#alcohol#substanceuse#screening#hazardous#dependence#WHO#free