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The Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) is as Good as the AUDIT to Screen Alcohol Use Disorders

2010; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 45; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/10826081003682206

1532-2491

Carolina Meneses-Gaya, José Alexandre S. Crippa, Antônio Waldo Zuardi, Sônia Regina Loureiro, Jaime E. C. Hallak, Clarissa Trzesniak, João Paulo Sousa, Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas, Roberto Molina de Souza, Rocio Martín‐Santos,

Homelessness and Social Issues

This study was aimed at assessing the psychometric qualities of the fast alcohol screening test (FAST), and at comparing these qualities to those of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in three samples of Brazilian adults: (i) subjects attended at an emergency department (530); (ii) patients from a psychosocial care center (40); and (iii) university students (429). The structured clinical interview for diagnosis (SCID)-IV was used as gold standard. The FAST demonstrated high test–retest and interrater reliability coefficients, as well as high predictive and concurrent validity values. The results attest the validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the FAST for the screening of indicators of alcohol abuse and dependence.