Validity of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) for the detection of alcohol-related problems among male geriatric outpatients.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
; 9(1): 30-4, 2001.
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| ID: mdl-11156749
ABSTRACT
Alcoholism is a frequent and underdiagnosed mental health problem of later life. Its detection often relies on the use of screening instruments such as the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). The authors investigated the properties of the scale in a sample of 122 older adults recruited from a geriatric outpatient service in São Paulo, Brazil. Thirty-five subjects met criteria for the diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence according to DSM-III-R. The cutoff point 4/5 was associated with a sensitivity of 91.4%, specificity of 83.9%, and positive and negative predictive values of 69.6% and 96.0%, respectively. These results indicate that the MAST is a good screening test for the detection of alcohol abuse and dependence in an elderly male population and that the MAST should be used in combination with a questionnaire assessing the frequency/quantity of alcohol consumption to optimize the detection of cases and characterize their current drinking patterns.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Testes Psicológicos
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Avaliação Geriátrica
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Alcoolismo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil