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. 2026 Mar 3;21:26. doi: 10.1186/s13011-026-00716-7

Table 4.

Verbal feedback about CRAFFT screening from Children and adolescents (N = 601)

Frequency %
Positive feedback
No challenges 179 29.7
Comfortable, happy and free to answer 62 10.3
Good tool 58 9.6
Educative tool 35 5.8
Shared experience about substance use 34 5.7
Easy to answer 17 2.8
Very good 13 2.2
Very helpful 13 2.2
Too quick 8 1.4
Willing to answer again 4 0.7
Negative feedback
Time consuming/ too long 51 8.5
Discomfort answering the questions 21 3.5
Expressed fear of disclosure 18 3.0
Privacy concerns 16 2.7
Too many questions 13 2.2
Unsure about how they felt 13 2.2
Unnecessary among non-users 11 1.8
Reward for participation 11 1.8
Problems with questions (tricky, not clear, hard) 10 1.7
Sensitive questions 9 1.5
Language barrier 5 0.8
Total 601 100.0

Child acceptability feedback

Question: Please document patients verbal comments regarding instrument acceptability