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Table 4 Time to complete the myTAPS (N = 2000)

From: Electronic self-administered screening for substance use in adult primary care patients: feasibility and acceptability of the tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use (myTAPS) screening tool

 

Number of participants

n (%)

Time in minutes

median/mean (SDa)

Wilcoxon

testb

All participants

2000 (100)

4.00/4.48 (2.57)

 

Gender

 Women

1124 (56.2)

3.00/3.95 (2.00)

10.99***

 Men or other

876 (43.8)

4.00/5.17 (2.94)

Age

 Younger participants (18–25)

225 (11.3)

3.00/3.00 (1.08)

11.20***

 Participants > 25

1775 (88.7)

4.00/4.67 (2.67)

 Older participants (> 65)

160 (8.0)

5.00/6.14 (3.30)

− 9.03***

 Participants < 65

1840 (92.0)

4.00/4.34 (2.44)

Race

 Black/African American

1112 (55.6)

4.00/4.73 (2.58)

− 6.48***

 Non-Black/African American

888 (44.4)

3.00/4.17 (2.52)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

233 (11.7)

4.00/5.03 (3.00)

− 3.52***

 Non-Hispanic

1767 (88.3)

4.00/4.41 (2.50)

Education level

 Less than high school (HS)

383 (19.2)

5.00/6.00 (3.26)

− 12.28***

 HS or higher

1617 (80.8)

4.00/4.12 (2.23)

Alcohol use

 Screened positivec

858 (42.9)

4.00/4.61 (2.68)

− 1.87

 Screened negative

1142 (57.1)

4.00/4.38 (2.48)

Illegal drug use

 Screened positivec

492 (24.6)

4.00/4.93 (2.52)

− 5.91***

 Screened negative

1508 (75.4)

4.00/4.34 (2.57)

Prescription drug use

 Screened positivec

245 (12.3)

5.00/5.31 (2.72)

− 6.33***

 Screened negative

1755 (87.7)

4.00/4.37 (2.53)

Order of administration

 myTAPS first

1002 (50.1)

4.00/4.85 (2.84)

6.59***

 Interviewer-administered first

998 (49.9)

4.00/4.11 (2.21)

  1. Electronic self-administered format of the tobacco, alcohol, prescription medication, and other substance use (TAPS)
  2. aStandard deviation
  3. bWilcoxon test assessed the difference between each subgroup versus all other participants (i.e. women versus non-women)
  4. cScreened positive on myTAPS-1
  5. *p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01, ***p-value < 0.001
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Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

ISSN: 1940-0640