Identifying Alcohol Use Disorder and Problem Use in Adult Primary Care Patients: Comparison of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication and Other Substance (TAPS) Tool With the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption Items (AUDIT-C
The AUDIT-C performed somewhat better than the TAPS tool for alcohol screening. However, the TAPS tool had an acceptable level of performance for alcohol screening and may be advantageous in practice settings seeking to identify alcohol and other substance use with a single instrument.
Authors
- Eugene Laska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6799-1361)
- Li‐Tzy Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5909-2259)
- Jennifer McNeely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-6940)
- Angéline Adam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4874-7758)
- Robert P. Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4707-5726)
- Noa Appleton
- Geetha Subramaniam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-4483)
Institutions
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Friends Research Institute (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Addiction Journal
- Published
- 2025-05-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/29767342251326678
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
- Swiss Foundation for Alcohol Research