"Effectiveness of School-based Substance Abuse Prevention Programme Among Adolescents .

March 17, 2024 updated by: Sandhya Shrestha, Manipal college of Nursing

"Effectiveness of School-based Substance Abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP) on Awareness, Attitude, Peer Pressure, and Life Skills Among Adolescents in Selected Public Schools of Pokhara, Nepal-A Cluster Randomized Trial"

The objectives of the study is to

  1. "to explore the perception of teachers, parents & students in the prevention of substance abuse among adolescents".
  2. "to develop and determine the effectiveness of a School-based substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP) on awareness, attitude, peer pressure, and life skills towards prevention of substance abuse".

In this study, SSPP refers to a Bilingual Multicomponent Training Programme which includes psychoeducation and video-assisted teaching to enhance awareness of substance abuse, role-play to develop a positive attitude towards prevention of substance abuse, Case based scenario to increase resistance to peer pressure and storytelling and demonstration to increase life skills towards prevention of substance abuse among adolescents of selected schools of Pokhara, Nepal.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

DETAILED METHODOLOGY

Phase I:

  • Research Design: Qualitative
  • Research Setting: Selected public schools of Pokhara, Nepal
  • Population: Teachers, Parents, and Students of Pokhara, Nepal
  • Samples: Selected Teachers, Parents & students
  • Sample Size: 38 (The sample will be collected till data Saturation)
  • Data collection Technique: Focus group discussion
  • Data collection Tool: Focus group lead questions
  • Data Analysis: Thematic analysis (Atlas.ti) Phase II Research design: Cluster Randomized Trial Randomization method: Cluster Randomization Research Setting: Selected public schools of Pokhara, Nepal Population: Adolescent students of Pokhara, Nepal Sample: Selected Adolescents, who are in the age group 13-15 years old and studying in 8th & 9th grades Variables
  • Independent variables: School-based Substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP)
  • Dependent variables: awareness, attitudes, peer pressure, and life skills related to prevention of substance abuse.
  • Demographic variables: age in years, gender, religion, education/grade, family type, residence, number of siblings, education of parents, occupation of parents, sources of information, history of substance abuse in the family.

Sample size: 210

The expected outcomes of the study is to enhance awareness towards prevention of substance abuse,develop a positive attitude towards the prevention of substance abuse,develop drug refusal skills among adolescents,improve life skills and helps in th reduction of drug abuse behaviour adolescents

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

210

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • Nepal
    • Gandaki
      • Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal, 009771
        • Enrolling by invitation
        • Sandhya shrestha
      • Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal, 00977
      • Pokhara, Gandaki, Nepal, 00977

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents of 13-15 years age group.
  • Those who are studying in selected public Schools of Pokhara, Nepal.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • o Adolescents who are not willing to provide informed consent (assent) and parental consent.

    • Adolescents who do not belong to Nepal.
    • Adolescents who are absent during data collection

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental and control
Experimental group will get 4 module of intervention
Other: School-based Substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP)

Module 1 :Introduction

  • Orientation about Training Programme using PowerPoint slides
  • Psychoeducation and Video Assisted Teaching to enhance awareness of substance abuse.
  • Distribution of informational booklet on basics about substance abuse

Module 2:

  • Role play to develop a positive attitude towards the prevention of substance abuse.
  • Case-based scenario to increase resistance to peer pressure.
  • Demonstration of drug refusal techniques.

Module3:• Storytelling on Life skills Training Components (Problem solving, Emotion Management)

Module 4:• Demonstration of Life skills training components (Communication skills, Decision making skills, Creative thinking skills, Stress Management strategies )
No Intervention: Control
control group will not get intervention ,Information Booklet and video assisted teaching will be given after posttest

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change from baseline awareness towards substance abuse
Time Frame: Baseline,3months &6mobths
Awareness towards substance abuse among adolescents using structured awareness towards substance abuse using structured awareness towards substance abuse which is of 30 items multiple choice questions with one right answer & three distracters. Higher the score higher awareness towards substance abuse
Baseline,3months &6mobths
Change from baseline attitude at 3 & 6 months
Time Frame: Baseline,3months & 6months
Attitude towards substance abuse using Alcohol & drug attitude scale which is of 28 items.minimum score is 61 ,Higher score is 86.higher scores indicate higher attitude t towards using Alcohol and drug
Baseline,3months & 6months
Change from baseline peer pressure at 3months & 6months
Time Frame: Baseline,3months& 6months
Peer pressure towards substance abuse using peer pressure scale which is of 25 items scale.the minimum score is 55 & higher score is more than 72.higher the score high peer pressure.
Baseline,3months& 6months
Change from baseline lifeskills at 3months and 6months
Time Frame: Baseline,3months & 6months
Life skills among adolescents using life skills evaluation questionnaire .Higher score indicates higher life skills.
Baseline,3months & 6months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Manipal college of Nursing

Collaborators

Manipal University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sandhya Shrestha, Manipal

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

May 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 13, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 19, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 17, 2024

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 220500003

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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