Incorporating the AUDIT into a general population telephone survey: a methodological experiment

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 97 - 104
• Main Authors: Ivis, Frank J., Adlaf, Edward M., Rehm, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.07.2000; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alcohol related disorders; Alcoholism - epidemiology; Analysis of Variance; AUDIT; Biological and medical sciences; Data Collection - methods; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Methodology; Methodology. Experimentation; Middle Aged; Ontario - epidemiology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Survey methods; Surveys; Techniques and methods; Telephone surveys; Ontario; AUDIT; Survey methods; Epidemiology; Human; Survey; Methodology; Telephone; Alcoholism; Mental health; Public health
• ISSN: 0376-8716; 1879-0046
• DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)80012-5

This study assessed potential ordering and wording effects of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT). In total, 688 respondents were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: Intact order/original wording ( n = 148), intact order/revised wording ( n = 183), split order/original wording ( n = 192), split order/revised wording ( n = 166). Changes to question order and wording had no discernable impact on the scores of the AUDIT. Our results suggest that alterations to the AUDIT can be made in order to integrate it within a larger survey without adversely affecting its measurement properties.