Survey to Identify Substance Use in Teenagers and Adolescents

Brief Summary: This is a prospective survey study of patients 12-21 years undergoing anesthetic care. The primary objective is to determine the incidence of illicit substance use and abuse prior to anesthetic care. The secondary objective is to determine the illicit substances used and their frequency in patients presenting for anesthetic care.

Detailed Description: The participants will be asked to complete a survey in REDCap using an iPad during the visit. The study will record any positive answers from the drug and tobacco use questions routinely asked of the parents during the on-line pre-admission testing process. These include yes/no answers regarding drug, alcohol, and tobacco use.

The information collected will include only demographic data including age, weight, gender, ethnicity/race, and zip code. Survey data will be coded and will not include patient information. Completion of the survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who are not able to complete the computerized survey due to physical or intellectual impairment
Patients who are non-English speaking

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Adolescents	Survey	Patients 12-21 years undergoing anesthetic care

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Adolescent and Parent Reported Alcohol, Drug, Vaping and Tobacco Usage	Baseline	As part of standard of care, nurses contact the parents of children scheduled for surgery to obtain health history and any alcohol, drug, vaping and tobacco usage. For the study, adolescents were asked to complete a survey on REDCap regarding their alcohol, drug, vaping and tobacco usage and those responses were compared to the answers the parents gave to the nurses during pre-op phone call.
Alcohol Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Do you currently or have you ever drank alcohol?
Marijuana Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Do you currently or have you ever smoked or consumed marijuana, THC, or cannabis?
Vape Pen Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Do you currently or have you ever vaped?
Tobacco Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Do you currently or have you ever used tobacco?
Prescription Opioid Use for Acute Pain	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Do you currently or have you ever used a prescribed opioid for acute pain?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Most Recent Alcohol Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey When was the last time you used alcohol?
Age First Drank Alcohol	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey How old were you when you first drank alcohol?
Most Recent Marijuana Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey When was the last time you used marijuana?
Age First Used Marijuana	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey How old were you when you first started using?
Most Recent Vape Pen Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey When was the last time you vaped?
Age First Started Vaping	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey How old were you when you first started vaping?
Most Recent Tobacco Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey When was the last time you used tobacco?
Age First Used Tobacco	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey How old were you when you started using tobacco?
Most Recent Prescribed Opioid Use	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey When was the last time you used a prescribed opioid for acute pain?
Prescribed Opioid Use for Anything Other Than Pain	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Did you ever use that medication (prescribed opioid) for anything other than pain?
Prescribed Opioid Use Leading to Abuse	Baseline	Adolescents were asked in a REDCap survey Did your using prescribed opioid for anything other than pain lead to your abusing opioids/narcotics?

Locations (1): Nationwide Children's Hospital
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Columbus, Ohio, United States