Screening for harmful substance use in emergency departments: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use-related emergency department (ED) visits have increased substantially in North America. Screening for substance use in EDs is recommended; best approaches are unclear. This systematic review synthesizes evidence on diagnostic accuracy of ED screening tools to detect harmful substance use.

Methods

We included derivation or validation studies, with or without comparator, that included adult (≥ 18 years) ED patients and evaluated screening tools to identify general or specific substance use disorders or harmful use. Our search strategy combined concepts Emergency Department AND Screening AND Substance Use. Trained reviewers assessed title/abstracts and full-text articles for inclusion, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias (QUADAS-2) independently a

SUBMITTER: Moe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11000386 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature