Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Efficacy of an expanded preoperative survey during perioperative care to identify illicit substance use in teenagers and adolescents
Authors' conclusion
Identifying illicit substance and tobacco use via a phone survey of parents is inaccurate and does not allow for proper identification of use of these substances in patients ≤21 years of age presenting for surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged 12 to 21 years presenting for surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospitalmedian age 16 years
- Participants
- 250 patients
- Exposure
- Patient-completed survey vs parental preoperative phone survey
- Outcome
- Reported illicit substance use (alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, vaping, opioids), patient vs parental report
Methodological detailssingle-centre, survey
- Single-centre
- Survey
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Alcohol use reported
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Vaping use reported
Illicit substance use incl. marijuana reported
Tobacco use reported
Original publication
Efficacy of an expanded preoperative survey during perioperative care to identify illicit substance use in teenagers and adolescents. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 12 July 2023. doi:10.
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