NCT02951858

Substance Use Screening Among Drug User

Screening and Brief Interventions for Substance Use in Primary Medical Institution

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 218 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

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.

Conditions

• Substance Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.
BEHAVIORAL	Control Group	The participants only receive the materials about the harm of substance use.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2016-11-01
• Last updated: 2016-11-01