Validation of the Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance use (TAPS) Tool with the WHO Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)

2021 ◽  
pp. 107178
Author(s):  
Gentry Carter ◽  
Ziji Yu ◽  
M. Aryana Bryan ◽  
Jennifer L. Brown ◽  
T. Winhusen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Prescription Medication ◽  
Substance Involvement

scholarly journals The Relationship between Substance Use and Depressive Symptoms among Colombian Adolescents

2018 ◽  
pp. 323-327
Author(s):  
K Romero-Acosta ◽  
L Gómez-de-Regil ◽  
G Lowe ◽  
G Lipps
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Substance Involvement ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: To explore the relationship between substance use and depressive symptomatology among adolescents in Colombia. Methods: Adolescents aged 13–19 years from a rural city in Colombia completed the Spanish version of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test and the Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale-6 (KADS-6). Results: Regression analyses indicated that gender, having used cannabis, having used sedatives, and having a family member who used illegal drugs were predictive of higher symptom levels of depression according to KADS-6. Conclusion: The results of this study suggested that substance use was associated with depressive symptoms in this sample of Colombian adolescents.

Substance use and withdrawal: Neuropsychological functioning over 8 years in youth

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 873-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSAN F. TAPERT ◽  
ERIC GRANHOLM ◽  
NATHAN G. LEEDY ◽  
SANDRA A. BROWN
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Neuropsychological Functioning ◽  
Neurocognitive Functioning ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Learning Retention ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Memory And Attention ◽  
Attentional Difficulties ◽  
Substance Involvement

This study prospectively examined neuropsychological (NP) functioning associated with adolescent substance use and withdrawal. Participants were youths with histories of substance use disorders (n = 47) and demographically comparable youths with no such lifetime histories (n = 26). They were followed with NP testing and substance involvement interviews at 7 time points spanning 8 years, from ages 16 to 24, on average. After controlling for recent use, age, education, practice effects, and baseline NP functioning, substance use over the 8-year follow-up period significantly predicted performances on tests of memory and attention at Year 8. Additionally, withdrawal symptoms during the follow-up predicted visuospatial and attention scores at Year 8. Findings suggest that use and withdrawal may differentially impact neurocognitive functioning during youth, with heavy use leading to learning, retention, and attentional difficulties, and withdrawal leading to problems with visuospatial functioning. (JINS, 2002, 8, 873–883.)

Determinants of substance use among young people attending an urban primary health center in Delhi

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
KA Mogan ◽  
U Venkatesh ◽  
Richa Kapoor ◽  
Mukesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Family History ◽  
Young People ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Primary Health Center ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
History Of ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Substance Involvement

AbstractIntroductionSubstance abuse remains one of the major challenges in young people, as it is one of the top five causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALY). The present study aims to find the prevalence and determinants of substance use among young people attending an urban primary health center in Delhi.MethodologySystematic random sampling was used to enroll the calculated sample size of 190. Substance use was assessed using ASSIST (an Alcohol Smoking Substance Involvement Screening Tool) and brief intervention was given based on the standard guidelines of ASSIST. The total score among the substance users is calculated and divided into Grades 1, 2 or 3. Log binomial regression was performed to quantify the association between substance use and covariates such as age, sex, education, occupation, family history of substance use, socio-economic status and family type. The association was expressed in odds ratio (OR) with 95 percent confidence interval (CI).ResultThe mean age of study participants was 18.6 ± 4.1, ranges from 10 to 24 years. Out of 48 substance users, 43.7% were consuming only tobacco, 22.9% were consuming only alcohol and 33.3% were polysubstance users. The history of substance use among family members of participants was found to be 46.3%. Median substance involvement score of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis users was 19 (IQR: 14.5–22), 19 (IQR: 13.5–25) and 22.5 (IQR: 22–23), respectively. Among tobacco users, 2.7% were Grade 1 and 7.2% were Grade 2. Four (16%), 20 (80%) and one (4%) of alcohol users were Grades 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Among the cannabis users, four (100%) were in the Grade 2 category. The median age of initiation of substance use among users was 16 (range 13–21) years. The analysis shows substance use was almost 25 times (adjusted OR = 25.84, 95% CI 5.65–118.09) more common among males and it increase by 2.5 times with a decrease in socio-economic status (adjusted OR = 2.52, 95% CI 1.27–5.02) and the result is significant. The substance use was almost 7 times higher when there is a family history of substance usage (adjusted OR = 7.40, 95% CI 2.15–25.4). Residential and marital status were not significantly associated with substance use.ConclusionMale sex, lower socio-economic status, participants currently not going to school/college, family history of substance use were found to be significant predictors of substance use among the study participants.

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