Performance of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS) Tool for Substance Use Screening in Primary Care Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use, a leading cause of illness and death, is underidentified in medical practice.

Objective

The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) tool was developed to address the need for a brief screening and assessment instrument that includes all commonly used substances and fits into clinical workflows. The goal of this study was to assess the performance of the TAPS tool in primary care patients.

Design

Multisite study, conducted within the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network, comparing the TAPS tool with a reference standard measure. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02110693).

Setting

5 adult primary care clinics.

Participants

2000 adult patients consecutively recruited from clinic waiting are

SUBMITTER: McNeely J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291717 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature