NCT05094440

A Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Digital Health Solution for Outpatients Seeking Support for Substance Use

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Digital Health Solution in the CAMH Rainbow/COMPASS Service

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 76 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a dialectical behavior therapy skills training webapp known as "Pocket Skills" in outpatients and community members seeking treatment for substance use, across those who receive immediate versus delayed access to the intervention (e.g., a waitlist control condition).

Detailed description

Seventy adult outpatients and community members seeking treatment for substance use from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Addictions Program will be randomized to receive immediate or delayed (1 month) access to a web-based DBT skills training intervention called Pocket Skills in addition to standard care. Participants will complete interviews and questionnaires at baseline. Following baseline, participants complete questionnaires at months 1, 2, and 3 months. Measures will assess alcohol and drug consumption, substance use disorder symptoms, and other clinical features.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Substance Use Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Dialectical behavioral therapy skills training (DBT-ST)	Pocket Skills is a dialectical behavior therapy skills training (DBT-ST) webapp that includes video lessons, an interactive chatbot AI coach, and in-app exercises to practice DBT skills. The delivery of the app will occur primarily over 1 month, followed by 2 months of follow-up, and will be supplemented with a walk through manual and links to DBT worksheets.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-08
• Primary completion: 2023-05-31
• Completion: 2023-05-31
• First posted: 2021-10-26
• Last updated: 2023-09-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada