ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2022
Age-based differences in quantity and frequency of consumption when screening for harmful alcohol use.
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- Evaluating alcohol consumption in adolescents and young adults: a meta-analysis of the psychometric properties of measurement instruments.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Predictive validity of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test - Consumption (AUDIT-C) for register-based alcohol-attributable events among general-population men and women of different ages.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Screening Children for Risk of Frequent Substance Use in Young Adulthood: A 17-Year Prospective, National Study.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Risky Drinking in Midlife Men: Insights From Australia's National Drug Strategy Household Survey.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Survey Questions on Quantity and Frequency Are Differentially Effective by Age in Predicting Future Alcohol Consumption.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- Age-based differences in quantity and frequency of consumption when screening for harmful alcohol use.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsSurvey questions on usual quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption are regularly used in screening tools to identify drinkers requiring intervention. The aim of this study was to measure age-based differences in quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and how this relates to the prediction of harmful or dependent drinking.
designCross-sectional survey.
settingAustralia.
participantsData were taken from 17 399 respondents who reported any alcohol consumption in the last year and were aged 18 and over from the 2016 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, a broadly representative cross-sectional survey on substance use. MEASUREMENT: Respondents were asked about their frequency of consumption, usual quantity per occasion and the other items of the AUDIT.
findingsIn older drinkers, quantity per occasion [β = 0.53, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.43, 0.64 in 43-47-year-olds as an example] was a stronger predictor of dependence than frequency per occasion (β = 0.24, 95% CI = 0.17, 0.31). In younger drinkers the reverse was true, with frequency a stronger predictor (β = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.39, 0.69 in 23-27-year-olds) than quantity (β = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.18, 0.34 in 23-27-year-olds). Frequency of consumption was not a significant predictor of dependence in respondents aged 73 years and over (β = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.08, 0.02). Similar patterns were found when predicting harmful drinking. Despite this, as frequency of consumption increased steadily with age, the question on frequency was responsible for at least 65% of AUDIT scores in drinkers aged 53 years and over.
conclusionsIn younger drinkers, frequent drinking is more strongly linked to dependence and harmful drinking subscale scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) than quantity per occasion, yet quantity per occasion has a stronger influence on the overall AUDIT score in this group. In older drinkers, frequency of consumption is not always a significant predictor of the AUDIT dependence subscale and is a weak predictor of the harmful drinking subscale.
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