Instrument: Single-Question Screening Test - Health Professional Administered

Description:

The single-question screening test for drug use administered by a health professional.

The instrument identifies the numeric count of instances of maladaptive use of prescription drugs (substances obtained only by the order of legal medical professional) or illegal drugs (substances deemed as harmful and usually subject to legal restriction) during the last 365 days that may lead to social, occupational, psychological, or physical problems, as part of a person's medical background regarding health and the occurrence of disease events of the individual.

The Single-Question Screening Test was developed and published by Peter Smith, et al, 2010. The instrument is available for use in the public domain; research was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Instrument Usage:

Clinical Research

Electronic Health Record

References:

Smith PC, Schmidt SM, Allensworth-Davies D, Saitz R (2010). A single-question screening test for drug use in primary care. Arch Intern Med 170:1155-60.

Sample Form:

Attachment	Size
SingleQuestion_ProfessAdmin_v1.0_2013Nov18.pdf	26.61 KB

Module	Module ID
Single-Question Screening Test for Drug Use	3923664

Associated Module

1. Single-Question Screening Test for Drug Use

Module #1 - Single-Question Screening Test for Drug Use

1. How many times in the past year have you used an illegal drug or used a prescription medication for non-medical reasons?

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Instrument: Single-Question Screening Test - Health Professional Administered

Module #1 - Single-Question Screening Test for Drug Use