Two-Item Conjoint Screening (TICS) for Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Purpose: To screen a patient for alcohol and/or substance abuse in primary care using the TICS questionnaire of Brown et al.

Info MyLikes MyPaths

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient in primary care?

Yes

Number of times over the past year that the patient used drugs and/or alcohol more than intended

Over the past year has the patient ever felt the need to cut-down on drug and/or alcohol use?

Yes

Results

Please fill out required fields.

Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Is the patient at risk for alcohol and/or substance abuse?

MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs

Power Your Solutions with 5,000+ Automated Medical Analytics

Seamlessly integrate our API library of over 5,000 evidence-based medical analytics into your products and workflows. Our APIs help you:

Build custom, automated clinical workflows tailored to your organization's needs.
Enhance your clinical decision support with advanced, evidence-based analytics.
Streamline revenue cycle management by integrating clinical analytics into billing, coding, and compliance processes.
Support payment and pre-approval processes with automated, standardized medical criteria.
Embed proven medical algorithms directly into your systems and services for consistent, high-quality outcomes.

With MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs, you can accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver more accurate, data-driven care—without reinventing the wheel.

Explore Medal API

Caution: A qualified health practitioner should verify all results.
Keep patient data confidential and comply with all legal requirements.

Please visit our website Medicalalgorithms.com for Description and Interpretation and further algorithms you may want to consider in the next steps of your evaluation. All information should be verified by a qualified health professional, and all use is subject to Medicalalgorithms.com Terms and Conditions. © Copyright Medicalalgorithms.com Limited

Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - AUDIT Core Questionnaire
- AUDIT Consumption (AUDIT-C) Questionnaire for Alcohol Abuse Screening
Laboratory Tests
- Probability of Excessive Drinking Using the Logistic Regression Equations of Skinner et al
Other Testing
- CAGE Questionnaire for Alcohol Abuse

Specialty

Psychiatry
Toxicology

Objective

other testing

ICD-10

F10-F19 - Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

Info

Purpose: To screen a patient for alcohol and/or substance abuse in primary care using the TICS questionnaire of Brown et al.

Specialty: Psychiatry, Toxicology

Objective: other testing

ICD-10: F10-F19,

Save Data

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Email

Your registered email

Other

Email to

Please separate multiple email IDs with comma (,)

Consult Report

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Add to MyPath

Select path

New path