NCT02629679

Sports, Education and Consumption of Substances in Adolescents

Prospective Analysis of the Factors Associated With Substance Use and Misuse in Adolescents

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Split · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Adolescent substance abuse (SA), which includes the consumption of alcohol, cigarette smoking, the consumption of drugs and other behaviors, is a significant public-health issue in the world today. Recent data showed that prevalence of SA among adolescents in Croatia and surrounding countries (i.e. former Yugoslav republics) is alarming and needs serious intervention. It is hypothesized that participation in physical-exercise-and-sport (PE\&S) will reduce the tendency of young people to abuse substances. However, the literature to date has not consistently validated the perception PE\&S factors are factors which could buffer SA among children and adolescents. One of the probable reasons for evident inconsistencies on findings about relationship between PE\&S and SA is a cross-sectional nature of studies done so far. Therefore, the main rationale (i.e. problem) of this study is lack of current knowledge about influence of the PE\&S on SA among adolescents. The main objective of this study is to prospectively investigate the influence of PE\&S on SA among adolescents aged 17 to 18 years old. Aims of the project are: (1) to define prevalence and trends of SA among adolescents aged 17 to 18 years old; (2) to define prevalence and trends of PE\&S participation; (3) to establish interrelationships which exist between socio-demographic, psychological, educational-factors, and PE\&S (predictors); (4) to identify multivariate and univariate associations between: socio-demographic and SA, psychological factors and SA, PE\&S and SA, educational - scholastic factors and SA.Expected results of the project are: (1) definition of the prevalence of SA among adolescents; (2) definition of the adolescents' participation in PE\&S; (3) identification and interpretation relationships which exist between and within studied predictors of SA (educational factors, socio-demographic factors, PE\&S, psychological factors); (4) identification of the influence of studied predictors on SA.

Conditions

• Cigarette Smoking
• Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Regular scholastic system and organized sports	This group will consist of children involved in regular school system who at the same time participate in organized sport in sport-clubs
BEHAVIORAL	Regular scholastic system	The group will consist of children who are regularly in school, but not being involved in organized sport activities

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2015-12-14
• Last updated: 2015-12-14