| Item |
Description |
| ACE |
Adverse Childhood Experiences |
| ASQ – Ask Suicide-Screening Questions |
National Institute of Mental Health tool to help clinicians identify youth at risk for suicide. |
| BPI |
The Brief Pain Inventory |
| CAGE |
Cut Down, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye-Opener. A screening tool to test for problem drinking. The acronym is made up of the tool’s four questions. The tool takes less than one minute to administer. Note the CAGE-AID is the CAGE tool adapted to include drugs. Differences between the two are explained here. |
| COMM |
The Current Opioid Misuse Measure |
| CRAFFT |
Adolescent substance use screener (validated in pediatric/adolescent populations) |
| CTQ |
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire |
| CUDIT-R |
The Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test |
| DAST |
Drug Abuse Screening Test |
| DERS |
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale |
| DIRE |
Diagnosis, Intractabilityd Risk, Efficacy score |
| GAD-7 |
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item |
| Geriatric Assessment |
Geriatric Assessment |
| ORT-OUD |
A 9-question measure to classify a patient as high or low risk for misusing/abusing opioids prescribed for pain. A new modification of the original Opioid Risk Tool (ORT). |
| PACSLAC |
Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate |
| PAINAD |
Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale |
| PCS |
Pain Catastrophizing Scale |
| PEG |
Pain intensity, Enjoyment of life, General Activity assessment. Derived from the Brief Pain Inventory |
| PHQ-2 |
The purpose of the PHQ-2 is to screen for depression in a “first-step” approach. |
| PHQ-9 |
The Patient Health Questionnaire is a multipurpose instrument for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and measuring the severity of depression. |
| SF-36 |
Functional Assessment |
| SOAPP |
An assessment tool to help determine how much monitoring a patient on long-term opioid therapy might require There are four versions of SOAPP (with 5, 14, or 24 questions). If you suspect an issue, consider using the extended version. To achieve a shorter form, the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value are lower than the full versions. Document which version of the tool selected. |
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5-question version: takes less than 5 minutes to complete
14-question version: takes about 8 minutes to complete
24-question version: the original, takes about 10 minutes to complete |
| STORM |
Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation. A suicide risk screening tool and safety initiative developed by the VA (more information) |
| TAPS |
Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescriptions Medication and Other Substances Tool |
| Tool Reviews |
NIDA chart comparing screening tools
Review of Pain Assessment (for nonverbal, older adults) |
