Reducing Problematic Substance Use in Youth With Chronic Medical Conditions

Boston Children's Hospital

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Drug Abuse; Alcohol Abuse

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01709201

FP01009751

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators goal is to pilot a substance use-related brief intervention (BI) for youth with chronic medical conditions, obtaining preliminary evidence of feasibility, acceptability and impacts of the approach for reducing substance use among this group.

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 14-18 years old
• Currently being treated for diabetes, rheumatologic disorders, asthma, or ulcerative colitis (UC) at Boston Children's Hospital with a duration of chronic illness of at least one year
• Previous participation in the screening validation study
• Evidence of problems related to substance use

Exclusion criteria

• Medically or emotionally unstable or otherwise unable to provide assent/consent
• Unable to speak/read English
• Unable to use a computer keyboard and/or complete an interviewer-assisted questionnaire

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment as Usual

No Intervention group

Description:

Those in the Treatment as Usual group will not receive the brief intervention for substance use but will receive a brief health education brochure.

Brief Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Those in the Brief Intervention group will receive a brief motivational intervention aimed at encouraging the participant to decrease their substance use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Intervention