Screening hospitalized injured drivers and other trauma victims for alcoholism using two questions.

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is designed to identify individuals at risk from alcohol problems including alcohol dependence. The first 3 questions concern quantity and frequency of drinking and include a) how often do you have a drink containing alcohol and b) how many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a day when you are drinking. A combination of the results provides a profile of the individual's drinking pattern. This paper assesses the accuracy of AUDIT questions 1 and 2 in screening trauma centre patients for current alcohol dependence.