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Screening for alcoholism among alcohol users in a traditional Arab Muslim society
Author(s) -
AlAnsari E. A.,
Negrete J. C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb06498.x
Subject(s) - sociocultural evolution , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , sociology , anthropology
The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (S‐MAST) was applied to 140 alcohol users in the traditional Muslim society of Kuwait. One hundred were confirmed alcoholics and40 were self‐disclosed social drinkers in the community. The questionnaire significantly discriminated between the groups. Its sensitivity level was 100% and its specificity 82.5 V Although all except one of the S‐MAST items elicited significant differences between the groups in question, it appears that the particular sociocultural conditions of the setting may influence the validity of some of them.