TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Screening for alcoholism among alcohol users in a traditional Arab Muslim society
JO  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
A1  - al-Ansari, E. A.
A1  - Negrete, J. C.
SP  - 284
EP  - 288
VL  - 81
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-690X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -