Primary Care Validation in French of a Single-question Screening Test for Unhealthy Alcohol Use.

NCT04329988 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 69HCL19_0889
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 394
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Unhealthy alcohol use (UAU) is a very important public health concern. In France UAU is the second cause of avoidable death after tobacco smoking. In 2014, 31% of the French adult population presented with unhealthy alcohol use. Primary care practitioners have access to validated questionnaires in French such as the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Fast Alcohol Consumption Evaluation (FACE). These tests are not often used because of their length. In 2009 a study by Smith et al in the USA compared a single question with the AUDIT-c (a short version of the AUDIT). The single question was "How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks in a day?" Where X is 7 for men and 6 for women. This study found that the single question had a comparable sensitivity and a specificity, respectively 81,8% and 79,3%. The aim of the study is to validate this question in French. First the question has been translated from English to French following the WHO method. The aim of the present study is to validate the French translation by comparing it with the AUDIT and the FACE. A questionnaire will be given to patients with inclusion criteria in general practitioners waiting rooms (15 different locations). This questionnaire will be composed of the single question, followed by the AUDIT and FACE, and three socio-demographic questions. The questionnaire will be anonymous.

Conditions

Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• sensitivity of the single question

  sensitivity of the single question as measured versus the AUDIT (Alcohol use disorder identification test) Sensitivity = TP/(TP+FN) TP : true positives : people answering 1 or more at the single question and having a score of 8 or more with the AUDIT questionnaire FN : False Negatives : people answering 0 at the single question and having a score of 8 or more with the AUDIT questionnaire TN : True negatives : people answering 0 at the single question and having a score of 7 or less with the AUDIT questionnaire

  At inclusion (Patients will answer the questionnaire only once while waiting in theirs doctor's waiting room).

• specificity of the single question

  specificity of the single question as measured versus the AUDIT (Alcohol use disorder identification test). Specificity = TN/(TN+FP) TP : true positives : people answering 1 or more at the single question and having a score of 8 or more with the AUDIT questionnaire TN : True negatives : people answering 0 at the single question and having a score of 7 or less with the AUDIT questionnaire FP : False positives : people answering 1 or more at the single question and having a score of 7 or less with the AUDIT questionnaire

  At inclusion (Patients will answer the questionnaire only once while waiting in theirs doctor's waiting room).

Study Arms (1)

Primary care patients aged 18 or more

All patients consulting in a general practitioner office, aged 18 or more, who completed the questionnaire

Other: questionnaire

Interventions

questionnaire OTHER

A questionnaire will be made available to all eligible patients in general practitioners waiting rooms. This questionnaire will be composed by the single question, followed by the AUDIT and FACE questionnaires, and three socio-demographic questions. This questionnaire will be anonymous. Patients who agree to fill out a questionnaire will place it in a sealed box once completed.

Primary care patients aged 18 or more

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General population consulting in a primary care office over 18 years old.

You may qualify if:

• Consulting in a general practitioner's office
• Over 18 years Old

You may not qualify if:

• Less than 18 years old
• Pregnant women or breast-feeding mothers
• People under legal protection

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospices Civils de Lyon: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cabinet de Médecine Générale Dr Christine Maynie-François

Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, 38070, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 30, 2020
• First Posted: April 1, 2020
• Study Start: May 28, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 18, 2020
• Study Completion: December 18, 2020
• Last Updated: September 26, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)