Accuracy of the Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview version of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ACASI ASSIST) for identifying unhealthy substance use and substance use disorders in primary care patients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-44

  Kumar, Pritika C ^a   Cleland, Charles M ^b   Gourevitch, Marc N ^a   Rotrosen, John ^a   Strauss, Shiela ^b   Russell, Linnea ^a   McNeely, Jennifer ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACASI; Alcohol; ASSIST; Cannabis marijuana; Cocaine; Drugs; Screening; Substance use; Substance use disorder (SUD) validation; Tobacco; Unhealthy use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL SMOKING AND SUBSTANCE INVOLVEMENT SCREENING TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUDIO COMPUTER ASSISTED SELF INTERVIEW VERSION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE USE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA ACCURACY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990061913     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.05.030     Document Type: Article

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