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Multilayer Perceptron Mode and IoT to Assess the Economic Impact and Human Health in Rural Areas – Alcoholism
Published in Ankan Bhattacharya, Bappadittya Roy, Samarendra Nath Sur, Saurav Mallik, Subhasis Dasgupta, Internet of Things and Data Mining for Modern Engineering and Healthcare Applications, 2023
Ann Roseela Jayaprakash, T. Nalini, L.R. Sassykova, N. Kanimozhi, S. Geetha, K. Bhaskar, K. Gomathi, S. Sendilvelan
The study participants whose score is 8 or more under AUDIT were mentioned as alcoholics. In this study, the total number of participants involved was 545. The analysis done helped us to find that the current drinkers were 326, alcoholics were 210, alcohol dependents were 80, and the problem drinkers were 125. Depending upon the level of risk, alcoholics were classified into three categories namely the full-time drinkers, spree drinkers, and alcohol dependents. The alcohol prevalence of harmful drinkers, binge drinkers, and alcohol dependents is 15.6%, 8.3, and 14.7, respectively as shown in Table 7.3.
Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Assessment
Published in Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen, Todd P. Hubbard, Ray King, Pilot Selection, 2019
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) (Babor, de la Fuente, Saunders & Grant, 1992) was developed by the World Health Organization and is an excellent screening tool for hazardous alcohol consumption (Saunders, Aasland, Babor, de la Fuente & Grant, 1993). A score of eight or above is strongly indicative of hazardous drinking (Allen & Columbus, 1995), and it is quick and easy to complete.
Alcohol use patterns and their association with sober driver vehicle control in high fidelity driving simulation
Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, 2020
Barbara C. Banz, Timothy L. Brown, Deepa R. Camenga, Kaigang Li, Federico E. Vaca
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), originally developed for screening in a clinical setting, is one of the most widely used and internationally recognized metrics for identifying those with risky/hazardous drinking (Babor et al. 2001). The AUDIT has been successfully used in laboratory studies aimed to understand risky behaviors among non-dependent populations. For example, AUDIT scores have been associated with performance on neuropsychological tests that relate to risky driving behaviors (i.e., impulsivity, inhibition/executive dysfunction, reward sensitivity metrics) (Lyvers et al. 2012), behaviors that put drivers at risk for crash and crash-injury (i.e., making phone calls, sending text messages, not using seat belts), and frequency of drinking and driving (Pharo et al. 2011). The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between patterns of alcohol use, as determined by the AUDIT, vehicle control measures in high fidelity driving simulation among sober adult drivers. An additional goal was to explore how driving performance measures were associated with AUDIT total scores and also responses to individual items or total scores. We hypothesized that total scores and individual AUDIT responses among sober drivers would be related to vehicle control measures during high-fidelity driving simulation.
Estimating resource utilization demands in implementing statewide screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for alcohol-impaired drivers
Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, 2019
Charles W. Mathias, Tae-Joon Moon, Tara E. Karns-Wright, Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, John D. Roache, Jillian Mullen, Donald M. Dougherty
Participants completed the 10-item AUDIT (Saunders et al. 1993). The AUDIT includes questions about hazardous alcohol use (items 1–3), alcohol dependence symptoms (items 4–6), and harmful alcohol use (items 7–10). Items are scored on a 5-point scale (0–4) and summed to a total AUDIT score. Higher scores reflect greater severity of alcohol risk/harm and a cutoff scores of 8 are typically interpreted as hazardous drinking (Saunders et al. 1993). Scores are categorized into risk zones that are used to determine the intensity of intervention delivered as part of an SBIRT procedure: AUDIT scores 0–7 = Zone I alcohol education; scores 8–15 = Zone II simple advice; scores 16–19 = Zone III brief intervention and continued monitoring; and scores 20–40 = Zone IV brief intervention and referral to specialist for diagnostic evaluation and treatment (from Babor and Higgins-Biddle 2001). The AUDIT has demonstrated robust psychometric properties, supporting its construct validity, criterion validity, test–retest reliability, and internal consistency (for review of its psychometric properties, see Reinert and Allen 2007).
Prevalence of alcohol among nonfatally injured road accident casualties in two level III trauma centers in northern Ghana
Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, 2018
James Damsere-Derry, Gavan Palk, Mark King
The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) is also a recommended alcohol screening method in primary health care facilities to identify patients with hazardous or alcohol use disorder and offer counseling. Research has shown that AUDIT is a reliable screening tool for identifying problematic alcohol use among patients seeking treatment in hospital (Dawson et al. 2005).