Substance Use Screening Among Drug User

Screening and Brief Interventions for Substance Use in Primary Medical Institution

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Substance Use
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Intervention Group; Behavioral: Control Group

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 218
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group; 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.	Behavioral: Intervention Group; The medical staffs who received the training will use the manual of brief intervention to deliver BI and other materials about the harm of substance use.
Active Comparator: Control Group; The participants only receive the materials about the harm of substance use.	Behavioral: Control Group; The participants only receive the materials about the harm of substance use.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Risk Behaviors measured by ASSIST questionnaire	Risk Behaviors will be measured by ASSIST questionnaire.	1 month
Knowledge related to Substance Use measured by Knowledge related to Addiction questionnaire	Knowledge related to substance use will be measured by Knowledge related to Addiction questionnaire.	1 month
Motivation measured by Pre-treatment Readiness Scale	Motivation will be measured by Pre-treatment Readiness Scale (PRS).	1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Depression measured by Self-Rating Depression Scale	the change of depression will be measured by Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS).	1 month
Anxiety measured by Self-Rating Anxiety Scale	the change of anxiety will be measured by Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).	1 month
Self-esteem measured by Self-esteem questionnaire	the change of self-esteem will be measured by Self-esteem questionnaire.	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jiang Du, M.D, Shanghai Mental Health Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 23, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 31, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): November 1, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 1, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 31, 2016
• Last Verified: October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Substance Use; Brief Intervention; Alcohol,Smoking,and Substance Use Involvement Screening Test; Primary Medical and Health Care Institution
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: JDu-003

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO