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Instrument Title

Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST)

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Source Article

Hodgson, R., Alwyn, T., John, B., Thom, B., & Smith, A. (2002). The FAST alcohol screening test. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 37(1), 61.

Response Options

Questions 1-3: Never; Less than monthly; Monthly; Weekly; Daily or almost daily
Question 4: No; Yes, on one occasion; Yes, one more than one occasion

Survey Items

*Note: 1 drink = ½ pint of beer or 1 glass of wine or 1 single spirits

  1. MEN: How often do you have EIGHT or more drinks on one occasion?
    WOMEN: How often do you have SIX or more drinks on occasion?
  2. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?
  3. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?
  4. In the last year has a relative or friend, or a doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?

Internal Reliability

Reliability information was not available.

Validity

Face validity. Also, four questions have good sensitivity and specificity in predicting AUDIT-positive and -negative subjects.

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Hodgson, R., Alwyn, T., John, B., Thom, B., & Smith, A. (2002). The FAST alcohol screening test. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 37(1), 61.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.