Web-Based Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test Results for the General Spanish Population: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information technology in health sciences could be a screening tool of great potential and has been shown to be effective in identifying single-drug users at risk. Although there are many published tests for single-drug screening, there is a gap for concomitant drug use screening in general population. The ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) website was launched on February 2015 in Madrid, Spain, as a tool to identify those at risk.

Objective

The aim of this study was to describe the use of a tool and to analyze profiles of drug users, their consumption patterns, and associated factors.

Methods

Government- and press-released launching of a Spanish-validated ASSIST test from the World Health Organization (WHO) was used for volu

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Rodriguez JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature