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Table 2 Statistical scores of selected novel and established shortened AUDIT variations, ordered from highest to lowest overall ranking

From: Comparing short versions of the AUDIT in a community-based survey of young people

Overall rank

Selected novel & established combinations

AUDIT domains1

Explained variance of total AUDIT-10 score (R2)

Cronbach’s alpha

Pearson’s correlation (r)

1

FAST (3, 5, 8 & 10)

C, D, H

0.86

0.66

0.92

2

3, 4, 8 & 9

C, D, H

0.87

0.62

0.92

3

3, 4, 5 & 9

C, D, H

0.87

0.61

0.92

4

3, 5, 8 &9

C, D, H

0.87

0.60

0.92

5

3, 4, 7 & 9

C, D, H

0.87

0.59

0.92

6

3, 4, 9 & 10

C, D, H

0.86

0.59

0.91

7

3, 5, 7, 9

C, D, H

0.86

0.59

0.91

8

3, 5, 9 & 10

C, D, H

0.86

0.58

0.90

9.5

3, 4, 6 & 9

C, D, H

0.86

0.55

0.92

9.5

2, 3, 4 & 9

C, D, H

0.83

0.60

0.89

34

3, 4 &9

C, D, H

0.81

0.48

0.88

40

3, 5 & 9

C, D, H

0.80

0.46

0.87

45

AUDIT-4 (1, 2, 3 &10)

C, H

0.70

0.67

0.83

47

AUDIT-C (1, 2 & 3)

C

0.56

0.70

0.74

48

3, 6 & 9

C, D, H

0.78

0.37

0.85

49

1, 4 & 9

C, D, H

0.75

0.43

0.85

50

2, 4 & 9

C, D, H

0.75

0.46

0.85

51

1, 5 & 9

C, D, H

0.74

0.40

0.84

52

2, 5 & 9

C, D, H

0.73

0.44

0.83

53

2, 6 & 9

C, D, H

0.70

0.34

0.81

54

1, 6 & 9

C, D, H

0.68

0.33

0.80

55

AUDIT-3 (3)

C

0.47

NA

0.69

  1. NA- not applicable.
  2. 1 AUDIT domains are: C, alcohol consumption; D, alcohol dependence; H, harmful alcohol use.