Substance Misuse in Adolescence Questionnaire (SMA Q): A Pilot Study of a Screening Instrument for Problematic Use of Drugs and Volatile Substances in Adolescents

Abstract Objectives: To study the reliability/stability of the Cognitive Telephone Screening Instrument (COGTEL) for the assessment of cognitive functions, and to investigate the concurrent validity (that is, the relationship between the COGTEL scores and external variables, such as level of education and MMSE results) in a pilot study of elderly persons residing in the community in the municipal regions of Apuí, Fonte Boa and Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil). Method: This pilot study included 90 elderly persons (29 men and 61 women) aged 60-85 years of age [68.2 (± 6.7)]. The COGTEL, the MMSE and socio-economic survey were applied in the form of two interviews, a week apart and under the same conditions. Results: The test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient of the COGTEL total score (and respective six subtests), MMSE and educational level ranged from acceptable to high (0.708 < R <0.946). There was a strong positive correlation between the total score of the COGTEL with the MMSE (r =0.682; p <0.001), as well as with educational level (r =0.604; p <0.001). Conclusion: This study presents preliminary evidence of the reliability/stability and concurrent validity of the COGTEL in the evaluation of cognitive functions in elderly persons residing in the community. The results of this study support the use of COGTEL as a short, reliable and valid instrument for analyzing differences in cognitive functioning in inter-individual studies with elderly persons.

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M9 Lung Health of OPiate Users (LHOp): A pilot study to assess the respiratory health of opiate misusers attending a community substance misuse clinic

Thorax ◽

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207770.436 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 70 (Suppl 3) ◽

pp. A230.2-A231

Author(s):

A Pitt ◽

C Mitchell ◽

B Colwell ◽

I Appelqvist ◽

F Ashby ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Substance Misuse ◽

Respiratory Health ◽

Lung Health

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Validation of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument with a looked after population

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1359104518799119 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 593-607

Author(s):

Claire Reilly ◽

Dan R Johnson ◽

Kirstin Ferguson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Young People ◽

Substance Misuse ◽

Factor Model ◽

Screening Instrument ◽

Mental Health Needs ◽

Education And Care ◽

Good Internal Consistency ◽

Health Need ◽

Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument

The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument–version 2 (MAYSI-2) was developed to help identify mental health needs of young people admitted to youth detention centres. Only one study has applied the tool to a UK population and none have looked at young people who live in residential and secure care in Scotland. This study aimed to assess the validity of the MAYSI-2 in Scotland with a looked after and accommodated population. Boys and girls in a large education and care centre were asked to complete the MAYSI-2 within 72 hours of being accommodated. A total of 168 males and 69 females with a mean age of 15 completed the tool. Substantial levels of mental health need were identified. Girls appeared to have higher needs on all areas, bar alcohol and substance misuse. The MAYSI-2 had good internal consistency and exploratory factor analysis showed good overlap with the tool’s original factor model. As a result, there can be more confidence in the validity and consistency of the tool with this population. This is also further evidence of the high need of this population, particularly girls.

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Efficient developmental screening instrument for 6- and 18-month-old children in the Taiwan Birth Cohort Pilot Study

Acta Paediatrica ◽

10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00832.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 97 (8) ◽

pp. 1093-1098 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

For-Wey Lung ◽

Bih-Ching Shu ◽

Tung-Liang Chiang ◽

Shio Jean Lin

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Screening Instrument ◽

Developmental Screening

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Young people in drug treatment in Ireland: their views on substance use aetiology, trajectory, parents’ role in substance use and coping skills

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/ipm.2014.77 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 247-258

Author(s):

C. D. Darker ◽

D. Palmer ◽

G. O’Reilly ◽

L. Whiston ◽

B. Smyth

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Young People ◽

Drug Treatment ◽

Substance Misuse ◽

Intervention Strategies ◽

Adolescent Substance ◽

Problematic Use ◽

Clinically Significant ◽

And Coping ◽

Insight Into

ObjectivesThe aim of the current study was to gain insight into the process of initiation and progression to problematic use among young people who reach clinically significant levels of substance use requiring treatment.MethodTwenty young people, aged between 15 and 19 years from two different drug treatment centres in Ireland were interviewed regarding their views on their pathway into substance use, their progress to more problematic use, their perception of their parents’ role, if any, in their trajectory and their typical coping style before treatment. Content analysis was conducted on the resulting narratives.ResultsThe use of substances to cope with life stressors emerged as a prominent theme at initial and problematic stages of use. Multiple maladaptive coping approaches were reported. Both direct and indirect influences from parents in their substance use problem were cited. However, some participants reported that parents had no causal role in their substance use trajectory, in particular regarding mothers.ConclusionsThe current findings suggest that substance misuse is a multi-determined problem and a number of intervention strategies are suggested to delay onset and related harms associated with adolescent substance use.

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Development and validation of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale – Brazilian version

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria ◽

10.1590/0004-282x20160168 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 44-49

Author(s):

Ana Letícia Santos Nunes ◽

Alberto Filgueiras ◽

Rodrigo Nicolato ◽

Jussara Mendonça Alvarenga ◽

Luciana Angélica Silva Silveira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Screening Instrument ◽

Brazilian Portuguese ◽

Translation Process ◽

Semantic Equivalence ◽

Validation Methods ◽

Brazilian Version ◽

Back Translation ◽

Development And Validation

ABSTRACT Objective: This article aims to describe the adaptation and translation process of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS) and its reduced version, the Bush-Francis Catatonia Screening Instrument (BFCSI) for Brazilian Portuguese, as well as its validation. Methods: Semantic equivalence processes included four steps: translation, back translation, evaluation of semantic equivalence and a pilot-study. Validation consisted of simultaneous applications of the instrument in Portuguese by two examiners in 30 catatonic and 30 non-catatonic patients. Results: Total scores averaged 20.07 for the complete scale and 7.80 for its reduced version among catatonic patients, compared with 0.47 and 0.20 among non-catatonic patients, respectively. Overall values of inter-rater reliability of the instruments were 0.97 for the BFCSI and 0.96 for the BFCRS. Conclusion: The scale's version in Portuguese proved to be valid and was able to distinguish between catatonic and non-catatonic patients. It was also reliable, with inter-evaluator reliability indexes as high as those of the original instrument.

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