Guidance

Alcohol use screening tests

The alcohol use screening tests can be used by health professionals as a tool to assess a service users level of risk to alcohol harm.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 1 June 2017
• Last updated: 30 October 2020 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Guidance on the 5 alcohol use screening tests

HTML

Alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) (for print)

PDF, 381 KB, 2 pages

Alcohol use disorders identification test for primary care (AUDIT PC) (for print)

PDF, 397 KB, 3 pages

Alcohol use disorders identification test for consumption (AUDIT C) (for print)

PDF, 387 KB, 3 pages

Fast alcohol use screening test (FAST) (for print)

PDF, 548 KB, 3 pages

Single question alcohol use test (M SASQ) (for print)

PDF, 390 KB, 3 pages

Details

These 5 alcohol use screening tests help health and social care professionals to assess a service user’s level of risk to alcohol harm.

You can also use this alcohol advice and information leaflet with service users to help them understand their level of risk to alcohol harm and give them advice on how to reduce the risk.

We have also created free e-learning courses on alcohol identification and brief advice that help healthcare professionals to identify harmful alcohol use and give simple, structured advice.

Published 1 June 2017

Last updated 30 October 2020 + show all updates

1. 30 October 2020

   Updated link to alcohol structured advice information leaflet to include ASSIST-Lite score.

2. 1 June 2017

   First published.