Citation

al-Ansari EA, Negrete JC. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1990; 81(3): 284-288.

Affiliation

Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2343755

Abstract

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 and 40 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%. 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.

Language: en