The Spanish language version of the TAPS tool: protocol for a validation and implementation study in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The TAPS Tool ("Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription drug, and illicit Substance use") is a screening and brief assessment for detecting unhealthy substance use in healthcare settings that was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network and validated in a multisite study. Our team developed a Spanish language version of the TAPS Tool that supports provider- and self-administration screening using a mobile/web-based platform, the TAPS Electronic Spanish Platform (TAPS-ESP).

Methods

This article describes the protocol and rationale for a study to validate the TAPS-ESP in a sample of Spanish-speaking primary care patients recruited from a network of community-based clinics in Texas (target N = 1,000). The TAPS-ESP will be validated against est

SUBMITTER: Gryczynski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10652452 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature