Construction of a Risk Screening Tool for New Psychoactive Substance Misuse Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Wei XIA, PhD

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Addiction; Drug Misuse

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire and Physical Exam

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06714578

L2024SYSU-HL-039

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to construct a risk tool available for screening young adults and adolescents at high risk of drug misuse and provides a chance for early intervention to young adults and adolescents at high risk of drug misuse, which prevent the onset and development of drug addiction in the future.The main question it aims to answer is:

1. Explore the occurrence and influencing factors of new psychoactive substance misuse among young adults and adolescents;
2. Construct a risk prediction model for new psychoactive substance misuse among young adults and adolescents and conduct internal verification of the model;
3. Based on the results of the prediction model, select the optimal model to initially form a concise scale "Screening Tool for the Risk of New Psychoactive Substance Misuse among Young Adults and Adolescents";
4. Conduct external verification of the tool, and revise and improve the screening tool, form the final version of the screening tool, and verify the application performance of the screening tool.

Enrollment: 1,035 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents and young adults who were aged 14-35 years;
• Adolescents and young adults could read and communicate in Chinese were invited to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

• Adolescents and young adults who were unable to complete the questionnaire due to physical or psychological reasons.