29 March 2021 : Clinical Research
A Real-World Study on the Use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Men Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital
Martin Anders1ADE, Eva Kitzlerová1BDE*, Sylva Racková2B, Václav Ćapek1ACDDOI: 10.12659/MSM.929667
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929667
Table 1 Overview of measured parameters.
| Parameters | N | Mean/proportion (%) | SD | p-value of association with AUDIT score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 613 | 40.22 | 12.94 | * |
| Number of comorbid diagnoses | 636 | 1.80 | 0.81 | *** |
| Number of hospitalizations | 632 | 4.24 | 5.53 | 0.9989 |
| Length of hospitalizations (days) | 632 | 19.30 | 14.63 | ** |
| Suicidal thoughts | 222 | 35.13% | – | ** |
| Suicidal attempts | 95 | 15.03% | – | 0.6369 |
| Number of patients with diagnosis F10.1 | 24 | 3.77% | – | – |
| Number of patients with diagnosis F10.2 | 94 | 14.78% | – | – |
| Number of patients with diagnosis F19.x | 123 | 19.34% | – | – |
| Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) | 291 | 0.78 | 2.42 | ** |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) | 290 | 0.63 | 0.96 | *** |
| Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) | 286 | 0.99 | 1.85 | ** |
| Mean corpuscular value of erythrocytes (MCV) | 314 | 93.56 | 4.97 | *** |
| C-reactive protein (CRP) | 207 | 11.02 | 23.87 | 0.6241 |
| Albumin | 39 | 43.68 | 6.81 | 0.1841 |
| Total cholesterol | 226 | 4.58 | 1.10 | * |
| HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol | 23 | 1.36 | 0.61 | 0.3407 |
| LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol | 21 | 2.81 | 0.99 | 0.0772 |
| TAG (triacylglycerols) | 215 | 1.37 | 0.95 | 0.9264 |
| * Statistical significance ** statistical significance *** statistical significance “−” indicates “not relevant”. n – number of patients; SD – standard deviation; AUDIT – Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Key to ICD-10 diagnoses: F10.1 – alcohol abuse; F10.2 – alcohol dependency; 19x – other psychoactive substance related disorders. | ||||