After scoring the AUDIT-C, nurses asked screen-positive patients to complete the ten-question Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) [ 35].
Alcohol risk behavior was defined according to the 10-question Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) survey developed by the World Health Organization; an AUDIT score of 8 or greater is consistent with "hazardous and harmful" alcohol use [ 22].
Baseline assessment includes a demographic questionnaire (age, gender, level of education and occupation), the 10-question Alcohol Use Disorder Test Spanish version 23 and D5-EQ D5, the quality-of-life questionnaire, validated in Spanish versions.
Demographic data, including sex, age, smoking status, excessive alcohol consumption (defined according to a single-question alcohol screening test) [ 18], co-morbidities, results of sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear and mycobacterial culture, anti-TB regimen, laboratory results, onset, and management of AKI, were collected.
Alcohol intake frequency questions (alcohol intake frequency per month and the amount of alcohol consumption per occasion) were not open answer questions so the average value for each range was applied.
Psychosis and personality disorder are assigned via the Stage 1 screening questions, alcohol dependence is defined according to the Severity of Alcohol Dependence questionnaire (SAD-Q) and drug dependence defined according to questions used in the US Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey.
Based on these questions, alcohol intake was coded as an ordered categorical variable as follows: 0, never; 1, seldom; 2, often, wine; 3, often, beer; 4, often, Chinese spirits; and 5, often, mixed/all types.
Participants also answered questions concerning alcohol consumption, including questions about frequency, duration, amount, and type of alcohol consumed.
I question my alcohol consumption, but that's it.
Did we not hear that yesterday?" And then there is the small question of alcohol.
The question of alcohol consumption is another flammable after-dinner topic.
