Table 1.
Distribution of Australian Rural Mental Health Study participants’ responses to items of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) by total AUDIT score
|
AUDIT question |
Response options |
Item score |
AUDIT total score |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-7 n = 1,694 n (%) | > = 8 n = 287 n (%) | |||
| Q1. How often did you have a drink containing alcohol in the last 6 months? |
Never |
0 |
389 (23) |
|
| |
Monthly or less |
1 |
305 (18) |
|
| |
2-4 times a month |
2 |
266 (16) |
13 (4.5) |
| |
2-3 times a week |
3 |
323 (19) |
59 (21) |
| |
4 or more times a week |
4 |
411 (24) |
215 (75) |
| Q2. How many drinks containing alcohol did you have on a typical day when you are drinking? |
1 or 2 |
0 |
997 (76) |
29 (10) |
| |
3 or 4 |
1 |
259 (20) |
130 (46) |
| |
5 or 6 |
2 |
43 (3.3) |
75 (27) |
| |
7 to 9 |
3 |
3 (0.2) |
41 (15) |
| |
10 or more |
4 |
3 (0.2) |
12 (4.3) |
| Q3. How often during the last 6 months did you have 6 or more drinks on one occasion? |
Never |
0 |
978 (75) |
22 (7.7) |
| |
Less than monthly |
1 |
232 (18) |
54 (19) |
| |
Monthly |
2 |
74 (5.7) |
47 (16) |
| |
Weekly |
3 |
21 (1.6) |
118 (41) |
| |
Daily or almost daily |
4 |
|
46 (16) |
| Q4. How often during the last 6 months have you found it difficult to get the thought of alcohol out of your mind? |
Never |
0 |
1,280 (98) |
165 (57) |
| |
Less than monthly |
1 |
19 (1.5) |
44 (15) |
| |
Monthly |
2 |
3 (0.2) |
12 (4.2) |
| |
Weekly |
3 |
3 (0.2) |
42 (15) |
| |
Daily or almost daily |
4 |
|
24 (8.4) |
| Q5. How often during the last 6 months have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started? |
Never |
0 |
1,295 (99) |
200 (70) |
| |
Less than monthly |
1 |
9 (0.7) |
43 (15) |
| |
Monthly |
2 |
1 (0.1) |
14 (4.9) |
| |
Weekly |
3 |
|
25 (8.7) |
| |
Daily or almost daily |
4 |
|
5 (1.7) |
| Q6. How often during the last 6 months have you found that you were unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking? |
Never |
0 |
1,286 (99) |
195 (68) |
| |
Less than monthly |
1 |
17 (1.3) |
72 (25) |
| |
Monthly |
2 |
2 (0.2) |
15 (5.2) |
| |
Weekly |
3 |
|
5 (1.7) |
| |
Daily or almost daily |
4 |
|
2 (0.7) |
| Q7. How often during the last 6 months have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session? |
Never |
0 |
1,304 (100) |
274 (95) |
| |
Less than monthly |
1 |
|
10 (3.5) |
| |
Monthly |
2 |
|
1 (0.3) |
| |
Weekly |
3 |
1 (0.1) |
1 (0.3) |
| |
Daily or almost daily |
4 |
|
1 (0.3) |
| Q8. How often during the last 6 months have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking? |
Never |
0 |
1,267 (97) |
186 (65) |
| |
Less than monthly |
1 |
32 (2.5) |
57 (20) |
| |
Monthly |
2 |
3 (0.2) |
20 (7.0) |
| |
Weekly |
3 |
2 (0.2) |
18 (6.3) |
| |
Daily or almost daily |
4 |
|
6 (2.1) |
| Q9. Have you or someone else ever been injured as a result of your drinking? |
No |
|
1,663 (98) |
229 (80) |
| |
Yes, not this year |
|
30 (1.8) |
52 (18) |
| |
Yes, this year |
|
1 (0.1) |
6 (2.1) |
| Q10. Has a relative or friend or a doctor or other health worker ever been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down? |
No |
|
1,665 (98) |
168 (59) |
| |
Yes, not this year |
|
27 (1.6) |
67 (23) |
| |
Yes, this year |
|
2 (0.1) |
52 (18) |
|
Alcohol consumption greater than 40 drinks per month # |
No |
|
1,511 (89) |
40 (14) |
| |
Yes |
|
183 (11) |
247 (86) |
|
Lifetime injury from or someone concerned about your drinking ^ |
No |
|
1,639 (97) |
142 (49) |
| Yes | 55 (3.2) | 145 (51) | ||
# Based on responses to Q1 and Q2; ^ Based on a Yes response to either Q9 or Q10. Column percentages for Q2 to Q8 are based on respondents who drank during the last 6 months (i.e., excluding Never responses to Q1). Due to rounding, column percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.