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O álcool é uma das drogas mais consumidas pelos adolescentes. Apenas recentemente têm-se investigado instrumentos de rastreamento do uso de bebidas alcoólicas nesta população. O trabalho buscou investigar o uso do Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) para levantamento inicial (Screening) e avaliação do consumo de bebidas alcoólicas entre alunos do Ensino Médio. Participaram do estudo 1227 jovens de duas escolas públicas que responderam ao AUDIT e forneceram dados relativos a: nível sócio-econômico, religião e familiar com beber problemático. Através do ponto de corte 8 para o AUDIT identificou-se o beber de risco em 17,8% dos participantes. Conclui-se que devido à fácil aplicação e aceitação entre os estudantes, o AUDIT é um instrumento importante para programas de prevenção e intervenção no consumo de álcool.
Alcohol is one of the drugs most widely used among teenagers. Just recently, studies have been developed regarding the screening of use of alcohol by this population. This work aimed to investigate the use of AUDIT as a method for screening and evaluation of alcohol consumption among High School students.
The sample was composed by 1227 students from two public schools, who answered to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and informed their socioeconomic level, religion, and occurrence of relationship problems caused by drunkenness of family members. Using an 8 cut-off point, AUDIT has identified 17.8% of students with risk drinking. These results have revealed that AUDIT is easy to be applied and well accepted by the students. It was also evident the importance of this instrument in the follow-up programs of prevention and intervention of alcoholic beverages use.
