How many units of alcohol do you drink on a typical day when you are drinking?
How often have you had 6 or more units (female) or 8 or more units (male) on a single occasion in the last year?
Remaining AUDIT Questions
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 from you because of your drinking?
How often during the last year have you needed an alcoholic drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?
How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?
How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
Have you or somebody else been injured as a result of your drinking?
Has a relative or friend, doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested that you cut down?
Scores represent:
AUDIT-C (0–12):
0 – 4 = Low risk
5 – 7 = Increasing risk
8 – 10 = Higher risk
11 – 12 = Possible dependence
Full AUDIT (0–40):
0 – 7 = Low risk
8 – 15 = Increasing risk
16 – 19 = Higher risk
20+ = Possible dependence
Bush K, Kivlahan DR, McDonell MB, Fihn SD, Bradley KA, for the Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project (ACQUIP). The AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions (AUDIT-C): An Effective Brief Screening Test for Problem Drinking. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(16):1789–1795. doi:10.1001/archinte.158.16.1789
Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TD, de la Fuente JR, Grant M. Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption–II. Addict Behav. 1994;19(7):711–715.
For educational use only. A positive screen should be followed up by a qualified clinician.
