Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 6475 Christie Ave, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2010 Aug;14 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S84-93. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9734-8.
Assessment of heavy drinking patterns is vital for HIV/AIDs studies in India and developing countries. A population survey in northern Goa included urban and rural male drinkers (n = 743) who completed a new Fractional Graduated Frequencies (F-GF) alcohol patterns measure assessing seven beverage types and drink sizes for the largest daily amount, then drinking frequencies at fractional amounts. The new measure was compared to a simpler quantity-frequency (QF) summary and, in a validity subsample of hazardous drinkers (n = 56), 28-day diaries of drinking events. Approximately 56% of total volume came from peak drinking (averaging 60 g ethanol/day). For AUDIT-based Hazardous Drinkers, QF and F-GF volumes (drinks/day) were not significantly different from diary volume (correlations 0.65 and 0.57, respectively). F-GF well captured the profile of daily amounts in drinking event data. In addition, the F-GF showed evidence of better predicting any sexual risk behavior or partner violence perpetration than the QF measure. Summary drinking pattern measures, especially the new F-GF, are more cost efficient than intensive event records, and appear valid when carefully assessing quantities with local beverage types and drink ethanol content.
评估重度饮酒模式对于印度和发展中国家的艾滋病研究至关重要。在果阿邦北部进行的一项人口调查包括城市和农村男性饮酒者（n=743），他们完成了一项新的分数渐变频率（F-GF）酒精模式测量，评估了七种饮料类型和最大日常饮酒量的饮酒量，然后评估了分数量的饮酒频率。新的测量方法与更简单的数量频率（QF）摘要进行了比较，在一个危险饮酒者的有效性子样本（n=56）中，还对 28 天的饮酒事件日记进行了比较。总饮酒量的大约 56%来自饮酒高峰（平均每天 60 克乙醇）。对于基于 AUDIT 的危险饮酒者，QF 和 F-GF 量（每日饮酒量）与日记量没有显著差异（相关性分别为 0.65 和 0.57）。F-GF 很好地捕捉了饮酒事件数据中每日饮酒量的特征。此外，F-GF 比 QF 测量更能证明其在预测任何性风险行为或伴侣暴力行为方面的有效性。总结饮酒模式的测量方法，尤其是新的 F-GF，比密集的事件记录更具成本效益，并且在仔细评估当地饮料类型和乙醇含量时，其有效性得到了验证。
