Alcohol: use and related problems - prevalence among foreigners and the natives in Belarus
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Materials and methods A total of 1517 respondents (172 foreigners and 1345 native Belarusians) from all major cities in Belarus enrolled for the survey. Standardized AUDIT, CAGE and MAST questionnaire including other alcohol-related questions were used as a measure. All three questionnaires were administered since it has been suggested that the CAGE might show less sensitivity, compared to the results of the MAST and AUDIT in some population [1,2]. The Student’s t and Pearson, c2 tests were employed for analysis of results.
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