4) and Lee et al., 5) however, did not mention the standard volume of the glass, but were conducted in accordance with the ABV of soju, the most public alcohol in Korea, at the time of the research. Accordingly, the WHO 3) dictates that over 5 standard drinks can be regarded as binge drinking and the NIAAA 6) dictates that over 4 standard drinks can be regarded as binge drinking.
Depending on the actual circumstances of each nation, if the amount consumed exceeds 60 g of pure alcohol, this can be referred to as binge drinking. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 6, 7) of the United States defines 14 g of pure alcohol as one standard drink. The WHO 3) dictates that 12 g of pure alcohol can be regarded as one standard drink. The measures for calculating the number of standard drinks of alcohol used in questions 2 and 3 on the AUDIT are slightly unfamiliar to Korean people. Questions 1 and 2 of the AUDIT are used to measure the extent of heavy drinking and question 3 is used to measure the extent of binge drinking. 5) conducted a study on the Korean version of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-K), and suggested that an AUDIT-K score of 12 or more should also be referred to as an alcohol use disorder. They suggested an AUDIT score of 12 points or more be referred to as problem drinking, 15 or more be referred to as an alcohol use disorder and 26 or more be referred to as alcohol dependence. 4) in 1999, and it was mentioned that the questionnaire is more appropriate for discovering hazardous drinking habit at the early stages rather than diagnosing alcohol dependence. The AUDIT questionnaire was studied in Korea by Kim et al. The questions addressing amount of alcohol consumption and frequency on the AUDIT are used to detect heavy drinking and binge drinking, and these are considered appropriate questions for evaluating alcohol problems among Koreans. 1- 3) Among those questionnaires, the AUDIT questionnaire, which was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), is composed of 10 questions the first 3 questions address drinking frequency, amount of alcohol consumption and binge drinking, and the remaining 7 questions address alcohol problems. The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test questionnaire, CAGE (cutdown, annoyed, guilty, eye opener) questionnaire, and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaire are the common examples. There already exist a number of questionnaires for screening alcohol use disorders. Medical personnel may use a variety of questionnaires in order to discover alcohol use disorders at an early stage.
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