Alcohol Screening Tool Chart Page 2
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2ALCOHOL SCREENING TOOL
ADD the 2 scores together to identify necessary action (e.g. Brief Advice)
SCORING:
AUDIT C _____ + AUDIT _____ =
“Based on your answers, your drinking places you in the … risk category.”
(for 8+ scores lead to Brief Advice with) “How do you feel about that?”
AUDIT SCORE
RISK CATEGORY
DESIRED ACTION
0 –7
Lower risk
=
No intervention required
8 –15
Increasing risk
=
Brief Advice
16-19
Higher risk
=
Brief Advice and/or extended BA
20+
Possible dependence
=
Referral to services (see below)
Brief Intervention (IBA) pathway
Where individual
AUDIT-C
scores below 5, no
(3 questions)
further action
required
Where individual scores 5+, ask remaining 7 AUDIT questions
for total score
AUDIT
AUDIT
AUDIT
AUDIT
Score 0-7
Score 8 -15
Score 16-19
Score 20+
Deliver ‘Brief
Congratulate
Deliver 5 mins
With patient consent,
‘Brief Advice’
and reinforce
Advice’
refer to either:
benefits of
using 2-sided
e.g using 2-sided
lower risk
&/or offer 20-30
Brief Advice Tool.
drinking.
min follow-up
session of
Extended Brief
INSERT SERVICES HERE
Advice.
Where
individual
does
not
respond to Brief Advice or wants
to discuss further, an ‘Extended
Brief intervention’ (i.e. 20-30 mins
motivational interviewing), should
be offered.
Drug and Alcohol practitioners or
those
trained
in
Motivational
Interviewing can deliver a number
of ‘extended brief interventions’.
For Brief Intervention/IBA tools and e-learning visit
and see ‘topics’> ‘IBA’
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