The Alcohol Health Questionnaire is based on the standard AUDIT-C questions. This article details what the patient will see in the text, and what gets written to the record for their responses.

💬 Enrolment SMS:

Once the patient has accessed the link, they will be prompted to enter their date of birth in order to access the questionnaire 📆

1. Do you drink alcohol?

(If selected "yes" to the previous question)

2. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?

(When saved back to record - "Frequency of drinking alcohol: 2-4 times per month")

3. How many units containing alcohol do you drink on a typical day when you were drinking?

(1 pint of beer is approximately two units, and one small glass of wine is 1 unit)

(When saved back to record - "Units of alcohol drunk on a typical day: 3-4 units")

4. How often did you have 6 or more units if female, or 8 or more if male, on a single occasion in the past year?

(When saved back to record - "Drank greater than 6/8(F/M) units in the past year: Monthly")

When they have submitted their answers they will be thanked for completing the survey and sent a confirmation SMS 👇

(If the patient answered “Yes” to question 1)

Advice link: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/tips-on-cutting-down-alcohol/

Response in the Accurx Desktop toolbar: Alcohol Team 👇

Please then select the save to record button if you wish for these results to be saved to the patient's medical record 📚

The codes added are in bold and italics

AUDIT-C (SNOMED code: 763256006)

Non drinker (SNOMED code: 105542008)