User Manual: Inquisit Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test


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					Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)- World Health Organization
					(self-report questionnaire)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 12-05-2016
last updated:  02-17-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 02-17-2022 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) described in:

John B. Saunders. Maristela G. Monteiro. World Health Organization. AUDIT. 
The Alcohol Use Disorders. Identification Test. Guidelines for Use in Primary Care.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/67205/1/WHO_MSD_MSB_01.6a.pdf

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a 10-item
screening survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assess alcohol problems.
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OVERVIEW
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10 3-5 point Likert questions, self-report
											  
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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 1.5 minutes to complete

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DATA FILE INFORMATION 
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The default data stored in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'audit.iqdat'

date, time:						date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber 
subject, group, session:	  	with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build:							the Inquisit build 

q*_response:					response given (in assigned values)
									q1, q3-q8: 0-4
									q2: 0-4 (99= does not apply)
									q9-q10: 0-2 

q*_latency:						how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)


(2) Summary data file: 'audit_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)

inquisit.version:			Inquisit version run
computer.platform:			the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
startDate:					date script was run
startTime:					time script was started
subjectid:					assigned subject id number
groupid:					assigned group id number
sessionid:					assigned session id number
elapsedTime:				time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
completed:					0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 
							1 = script was completed (all conditions run)

auditTotal:					sum of individual responses
							Note: Saunders & Monteiro (WHO- AUDIT Manual) suggest a score of 8 and greater as 
							indicators of harmful alcohol use
								
+ individual scores			Note: the response option "does not apply to me" to question 2 was added by Millisecond Software
							If a participant chooses that option, the response gets coded as '99' in the raw data file 
							but is treated as a 0 response.
																
														
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INSTRUCTIONS 
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can be edited under section "Editable Parameters"

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EDITABLE CODE 
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. 
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code 
to further customize your experiment.

The parameters you can change are:

/pageinstructions:			the general instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage