Community Based Cannabis Cessation Program

Sorlandet Hospital HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cannabis Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Cannabis cessation Program

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04989205

005004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study examined a community based cannabis cessation program in Norway (CCP). The CCP uses a combination of cognitive therapy and psychoeducation and covers the normal withdrawal period for cannabis smoking cessation (up to 8 weeks), comprising ~15 individual sessions. From 2005 onwards, the CCP was implemented as a low-threshold community-based program in several Norwegian municipalities, e.g., Kristiansand, Fredrikstad and Oslo. The study had an observational one-group pre- / post test design. Outcomes was changes in cannabis use, mental distress, well-being, social network and sense of coherence (SoC) measured post-intervention (T2) and at a 3 months follow-up (T3).

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) score ≥4

Exclusion criteria

• polydrug use where cannabis was not the predominating substance of use
• psychiatric comorbidity that was perceived as too severe to handle at the community-based centers

Trial design

102 participants in 1 patient group

HAP - group

Description:

The target group was individuals who engaged in regular or daily cannabis use, and who were motivated to quit cannabis. The formal inclusion criteria was a Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) score ≥4 and being ≥16 years old. Exclusion criteria was polydrug use where cannabis was not the predominating substance of use and psychiatric comorbidity that was perceived as too severe to handle at the community-based centers .

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cannabis cessation Program