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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2020 Mar-Apr;14(2):139–144. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000543

Table 4.

Screening Tool Perceived Strengths and Weaknesses

Screening tool Strengths Weaknesses
4P’s Plus

  • Brief

  • Comprehensive

  • Nonjudgmental language and tone

  • Some subjective questions

  • Asks about substance use in a narrow time frame

  • Some confusing instructions
NIDA Quick Screen/ASSIST1

  • Comprehensive

  • Excludes subjective questions

  • Too long

  • Asks about substance use in a broad time frame

  • Some confusing instructions
SURP-P2

  • Brief

  • Not comprehensive

  • Asks about substance use in a broad time frame

  • Some judgmental language and tone

  • Some confusing instructions
1

NIDA-Modified Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test

2

Substance Use Risk Profile-Pregnancy Scale