Person—AUDIT-C result recorded indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	AUDIT-C result recorded indicator
METEOR identifier:	585171
Registration status:	Health, Standard 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Definition:	An indicator of whether the person has had an AUDIT-C result recorded, as represented by a code. AUDIT-C is a 3-item alcohol screen that can help identify persons who are hazardous drinkers or have active alcohol use disorders (including alcohol abuse or dependence). It is a modified version of the 10 question the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) instrument.
Data Element Concept:	Person—AUDIT-C result recorded indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Boolean

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1: Yes

A person has had an AUDIT-C result recorded.

CODE 2: No

A person has not had an AUDIT-C result recorded.

Collection methods:

Each AUDIT-C question has 5 answer choices, which are rated from 0 to 5. The scores against the 3 questions are summed to arrive at the total score.

Comments:

A total score of 4 or more in males and 3 or more in females is considered positive, optimal for identifying hazardous drinking or active alcohol use disorders.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Retired 13/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 31/12/2020

Conditional obligation:

Reporting against this data element is conditional upon a person being aged ≥ 15 years at the census date.

Data are provided to the AIHW for AUDIT-C results recorded within the previous 24 months up to the census date.

DSS specific information:

Where the AUDIT-C result does not have an assessment date assigned, it should be treated as being up to date (that is, as having been updated in the 24 months up to the census date).

In the ISPHC NBEDS only aggregated data with CODE 1 are provided to the AIHW.

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2021 Indigenous, Standard 03/07/2022

Implementation start date: 01/01/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

Reporting against this data element is conditional upon a person being aged ≥ 15 years at the census date.

Data are provided to the AIHW for AUDIT-C results recorded within the previous 24 months up to the census date.

DSS specific information:

Where the AUDIT-C result does not have an assessment date assigned, it should be treated as being up to date (that is, as having been updated in the 24 months up to the census date).

In the ISPHC NBEDS only aggregated data with CODE 1 are provided to the AIHW.

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Denominator

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have an AUDIT-C result within a specified level, June 2021 Indigenous, Standard 03/07/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have an AUDIT-C result within specified levels, December 2020 Indigenous, Superseded 03/07/2022