Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Conditions
Brief summary
Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is a very important public health concern. In France UAU is the second cause of avoidable death after tobacco smoking. In 2014, 31% of the French adult population presented with unhealthy alcohol use. Primary care practitioners have access to validated questionnaires in French such as the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Fast Alcohol Consumption Evaluation (FACE). These tests are not often used because of their length. In 2009 a study by Smith et al in the USA compared a single question with the AUDIT-c (a short version of the AUDIT). The single question was How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day? Where X is 7 for men and 6 for women. This study found that the single question had a comparable sensitivity and a specificity, respectively 81,8% and 79,3%. The aim of the study is to validate this question in French. First the question has been translated from English to French following the WHO method. The aim of the present study is to validate the French translation by comparing it with the AUDIT and the FACE. A questionnaire will be given to patients with inclusion criteria in general practitioners waiting rooms (15 different locations). This questionnaire will be composed of the single question, followed by the AUDIT and FACE, and three socio-demographic questions. The questionnaire will be anonymous.
Interventions
OTHERquestionnaire
A questionnaire will be made available to all eligible patients in general practitioners waiting rooms. This questionnaire will be composed by the single question, followed by the AUDIT and FACE questionnaires, and three socio-demographic questions. This questionnaire will be anonymous. Patients who agree to fill out a questionnaire will place it in a sealed box once completed.
Sponsors
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Consulting in a general practitioner's office * Over 18 years Old
Exclusion criteria
* Less than 18 years old * Pregnant women or breast-feeding mothers * People under legal protection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sensitivity of the single question | At inclusion (Patients will answer the questionnaire only once while waiting in theirs doctor's waiting room). | sensitivity of the single question as measured versus the AUDIT (Alcohol use disorder identification test) Sensitivity = TP/(TP+FN) TP : true positives : people answering 1 or more at the single question and having a score of 8 or more with the AUDIT questionnaire FN : False Negatives : people answering 0 at the single question and having a score of 8 or more with the AUDIT questionnaire TN : True negatives : people answering 0 at the single question and having a score of 7 or less with the AUDIT questionnaire |
| specificity of the single question | At inclusion (Patients will answer the questionnaire only once while waiting in theirs doctor's waiting room). | specificity of the single question as measured versus the AUDIT (Alcohol use disorder identification test). Specificity = TN/(TN+FP) TP : true positives : people answering 1 or more at the single question and having a score of 8 or more with the AUDIT questionnaire TN : True negatives : people answering 0 at the single question and having a score of 7 or less with the AUDIT questionnaire FP : False positives : people answering 1 or more at the single question and having a score of 7 or less with the AUDIT questionnaire |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed