Hazardous Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder Screened by Uijeongbu Community Addiction Management Center

Objectives ： We aimed to investigate the prevalence of problematic alcohol use screened with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) by a community addiction management center and provide data on descriptive comparison with the overall prevalence investigated by the community health survey 2012-2016. Since the community health survey does not utilize a standardized test, there is a need to examine whether it accurately captures the problematic alcohol use in the community. Methods ： We analyzed the 2013-2017 data of 6888 people screened by the Uijeongbu Community Addiction Management Center with AUDIT. The prevalence was compared with the overall prevalence investigated by the community health survey 2012-2016. Results ： Hazardous drinking behavior (male 53.8%, female 35.4%) and suspected alcohol use disorder (male 19.6%, female 6.7%) were significantly higher in males than females and the odds ratios of males were 2.13 and 3.40, respectively. The age groups from the twenties to the fifties reported high problematic alcohol use. The results revealed that hazardous drinking and suspected alcohol use disorder rate were higher at the center screening as compared to the general population based on the community health survey conducted during the similar period. Conclusion : Young and middle-aged adult males were the identified risk group for problematic alcohol use that re-quires more public health resources for the prevention. It is hypothesized that utilization of established screening tools in the community health survey may improve the accuracy of problematic alcohol use detection in the community.