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Clinical: specific disorders

Drug Use Disorders Identification Test.

DUDIT

What it measures
Drug-use patterns and drug-related problems/dependence (the drug analogue of the AUDIT)
Length and format
11 items. 5-point frequency / Yes-sometimes-yes items (0-4 / 0-2-4); summed 0-44; sex-specific cut-offs (>=6 women, >=8 men) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many languages incl. EN, ES, DE, FR, PT, PL, NL; broad European/international use
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Berman, A. H., Bergman, H., Palmstierna, T., & Schlyter, F. (2005). Evaluation of the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) in criminal justice and detoxification settings and in a Swedish population sample. European Addiction Research, 11(1), 22-31.

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