TOOLS AND HELPFUL LINKS
| 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. |
| CDC Guideline | The CDC publication to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for patients 18 and older in primary care settings. |
| CIN Toolkit | Strategies to Help Primary Care teams treat SUD |
| 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, Intractability, Risk, Efficacy score |
| Equianalgesic Dose Calculator | Equianalgesic dosage conversion calculator |
| GAD-7 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item |
| Geriatric Assessment | Geriatric Assessment |
| MPI | 52 questions assessing effect of pain on personal life, relationships, and daily activities |
| 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). |
| OUD Point of Care Tool | Online version of the print reference guide published by the AANP (2022) |
| PACSLAC | Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate |
| PAINAD | Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale |
| Patient Counseling Guide | Patient counseling guide from the FDA |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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| STORM | Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation. A suicide risk screening tool and safety initiative developed by the VA (more information) |
| Tapering & Discontinuation Guide | Published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in October 2019 |
| TAPS | Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescriptions Medication and Other Substances Tool |
| TIP 63 | SAHMSHA Treatment Improvement Protocol |
| Tool Reviews | NIDA chart comparing screening tools
Review of Pain Assessment (for nonverbal, older adults) |