Assessment of Screening Tools to Identify Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Efficient screening tools that effectively identify substance use disorders (SUDs) among youths are needed.

Objective

To evaluate the psychometric properties of 3 brief substance use screening tools (Screening to Brief Intervention [S2BI]; Brief Screener for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs [BSTAD]; and Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substances [TAPS]) with adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional validation study was conducted from July 1, 2020, to February 28, 2022. Participants aged 12 to 17 years were recruited virtually and in person from 3 health care settings in Massachusetts: (1) an outpatient adolescent SUD treatment program at a pediatric hospital, (2) an adolescent medicine program a

SUBMITTER: Levy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203888 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature