Screening for risky drinkers among hospitalised inpatients using the AUDIT: A feasibility, point prevalence and data linkage study.

Helen O'Brien Rehana Di Rico Emma DeanGemma SmokerMartyn Lloyd-JonesMegan McKechniePaul M Dietze Joseph S Doyle

Published in: Drug and alcohol review (2021)

Pre-admission risky drinking was evident in one-fifth of hospital inpatients, but alcohol-attributable diagnoses were unreliable proxy measures of risky drinking. Screening in-patients with the AUDIT was acceptable to inpatients and can be feasibly implemented in an Australian tertiary hospital setting.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
emergency department
healthcare
risk factors
electronic health record
genome wide
big data
acute care
deep learning
hiv testing
community acquired pneumonia
high density