Substance Use among Youth Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our primary objective was to determine the frequency and type of substance use in youth presenting to our pediatric ED (PED). Our secondary objective was to identify characteristics associated with higher-risk substance use.

Methods

We conducted a tablet-based, anonymous, self-administered screening for substance use using a modified version of the Screening to Brief Intervention (S2BI) tool among a convenience sample of 383 patients 12-21 years presenting to an urban, academic PED from February to July 2023. Patients' attitudes toward ED screening and interventions for substance use also were collected. The frequency and type of substance use was analyzed by age group. Ordinal logistic regression was used to identify characteristics associated with higher-risk use

SUBMITTER: Renny MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11707121 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature