The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a screening tool designed to identify hazardous alcohol use in the past year (14). The test consists of 10 items across 3 dimensions pertaining to alcohol consumption (items 1–3, often termed AUDIT-C), dependence symptoms (items 4–6), and harmful alcohol use (items 7–10) (collectively AUDIT-P). When the AUDIT was developed, a total score of 8 or higher was proposed to be indicative of harmful alcohol use (14) and a score of 20 or higher consistent with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence (15); however, there is no clear consensus and subsequent studies have suggested that additional factors including sex and cultural and social contexts should be considered when deriving thresholds for alcohol dependence (reviewed in Supplementary Table 1).
