PURSUIT: A Technologically Augmented School-based Program to Improve Child Coping and Prevent Substance Use.

Michigan State University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Acceptability; Health Promotion; Mood; Pediatric Pain; Anxiety; Feasibility Studies; Online Mental Health Program; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: PURSUIT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07266740

G-2404-153994 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

STUDY00011346

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study investigators aim to test an online support platform for Michigan youth aged 8-18 years enrolled in elementary, middle, or high school and their parent/caregiver. The online support platform will be hosted on the Computerized Intervention Authoring System (CIAS) 3.0 and will provide evidence-based cognitive behavioral coping skills for physical (pain) and mental (stress, mood) health symptoms, with additional substance use prevention content for youth aged 12 and older. Evaluations will occur at baseline and then a post assessment approximately 8 weeks later.

Full description

The study investigator's aims are to:

1. Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the PURSUIT online support platform using mixed methods.
2. Explore the impact of PURSUIT on youth's physical (pain) and mental health (stress, anxiety, mood, perceived risk of substance use) symptoms at post assessment.

Consented youth will complete a baseline assessment (week 1), and then will use the PURSUIT online platform (expected duration is 6 week), and complete a post assessment (week 8).

Within the PURSUIT platform, all youth will have access to tools teaching cognitive-behavioral strategies for managing mood, anxiety, stress, and physical pain. Youth aged 12 and older will have access to additional content presenting cognitive-behavioral strategies for reducing the risk of substance use.

Youth will provide data on their symptoms (e.g thoughts, mood, behaviors, sleep, pain, and stress) at baseline and post assessment. A caregiver will report on the child's demographics, adverse childhood experience (ACE) exposure, school performance/attendance and their own mood. At post-assessment, the youth will also be asked to take part in a brief, semi-structured interview regarding their experiences with PURSUIT.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged eight to 18 years
• Enrolled in a Michigan elementary, middle, or high school

Exclusion criteria

• Age under 8
• Age over 18 years
• Non-enrollment in A Michigan school.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

PURSUIT Self-Management Portal

Experimental group

Description:

All youth enrolled in the study will have access to an online self-management platform, hosted by the Computerized Intervention Authoring System (CIAS). The self-management platform comprises evidence-based cognitive-behavioral psycho-education and skills broadly applicable to physical (pain) and mental (stress, mood) health symptoms. Youth aged twelve and older will have access to content related to preventing substance use. Materials include instructional videos, handouts, and worksheets.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PURSUIT