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. 2023 Nov 16;18(1):69.
doi: 10.1186/s13722-023-00423-9.

The Spanish language version of the TAPS tool: protocol for a validation and implementation study in primary care

Jan Gryczynski  1 , Katherine Sanchez  2 , Steven B Carswell  1 , Robert P Schwartz  1
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The Spanish language version of the TAPS tool: protocol for a validation and implementation study in primary care

Jan Gryczynski et al. Addict Sci Clin Pract. .

Abstract

Background: The TAPS Tool ("Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription drug, and illicit Substance use") is a screening and brief assessment for detecting unhealthy substance use in healthcare settings that was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network and validated in a multisite study. Our team developed a Spanish language version of the TAPS Tool that supports provider- and self-administration screening using a mobile/web-based platform, the TAPS Electronic Spanish Platform (TAPS-ESP).

Methods: This article describes the protocol and rationale for a study to validate the TAPS-ESP in a sample of Spanish-speaking primary care patients recruited from a network of community-based clinics in Texas (target N = 1,000). The TAPS-ESP will be validated against established substance use disorder diagnostic measures, alternative screening tools, and substance use biomarkers. The study will subsequently examine barriers and facilitators to screening with the TAPS-ESP from a provider workflow perspective using qualitative interviews with providers.

Discussion: Validating a Spanish language version of the TAPS Tool could expand access to evidence-based, linguistically accurate, and culturally relevant substance use screening and brief assessment for an underserved health disparity population.

Trial registration: The study was registered with www.

Clinicaltrials: gov : NCT05476588, 07/22/2022.

Keywords: Culturally relevant; Linguistically accurate; Primary care; SUD screening; Spanish; Validity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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