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Table 2 Service and client characteristics for occasions where AUDIT-C score and an unstructured risk rating were recorded

From: More than three times as many Indigenous Australian clients at risk from drinking could be supported if clinicians used AUDIT-C instead of unstructured assessments

Variable

Value

Service characteristics

 n

18

Remoteness

 Urban and inner regional

9

 Outer regional and remote

4

 Very remote

5

Client characteristics

 na

6380

 Observations per client (SD)

1.5 (1.4)

Age in years (SD)

38.3 (16.1)

Current drinkers

63.1%

Mean AUDIT-C score (SD)

3.1 (3.3)

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aClient sample size estimated from number of unique client IDs. As clients could attended more than one service the true number of unique individuals may be lower (for most services this is unlikely; the average distance between services was 1510 km). Drinking Status established using AUDIT-C score
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

ISSN: 1940-0640