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Table 3 Explorative principal axis factoring loadings of the AUDIT based on the responses from 79–80 years old (N = 1066)

From: The psychometric properties of the AUDIT: a survey from a random sample of elderly Swedish adults

Item

Consumption

Dependency

Alcohol harms

1 How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

   

2 How many drinks containing alcohol do you have a typical day when you are drinking?

0.562

  

3 How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?

0.806

  

4 How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you have started?

   

5 How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?

 

0.606

 

6 How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?

 

0.528

 

7 How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?

 

0.655

 

8 How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because of your drinking?

 

0.635

 

9 Have you or someone else been injured because of your drinking?

  

0.659

10 Has a relative, friend, doctor or other health care worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you to cut down?

  

0.875