Substance Use Screening Among Drug User

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Substance Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Control Group; Behavioral: Intervention Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02951858

JDu-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to improve the ability of primary medical staffs in screening and intervention for alcohol, benzodiazepines, and other illicit drug use.

Full description

In order to reduce the social and personal harm caused by drugs, it is urgent to strengthen the ability of the primary health institutions in screening and intervention the addictive substances use. Firstly, the investigators will invite 10 primary medical staffs and 10 experts in addition to revise the manual of Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Use Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and Brief Intervention (BI). Then, the investigators will recruit 100 medical staffs to participate the training of ASSIST and BI. Secondly, the researcher will investigate the effects of BI technology in reducing the use of addictive substances, improve the addiction related knowledge of patients through randomized controlled study. Finally, the investigators will collect the research information, revise the manual, and promote the training.

Enrollment: 218 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. aged 18-60 years;
2. the patient to the community medical institutions;
3. ASSIST score is in 12-27, in a moderate risk;
4. voluntary to participate;
5. to agree to complete baseline interviews and follow-up studies.

Exclusion criteria

1. unable to complete the questionnaire;
2. serious physical illness, action inconvenience.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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218 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The medical staffs who received the training will use the manual of brief intervention to deliver it and other materials about the harm of substance use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention Group

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants only receive the materials about the harm of substance use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control Group