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A preventive intervention for adolescents with mild to moderate intellectual dissabilities and substance abuse

Conditions
Substance abuse among adolescents with mild to moderate intellectual dissabilities in the age of 14-21 years old admitted to Dutch treatment facilities with substance abuse and comorbid behavioral problems.
Registration Number
NL-OMON29683
Lead Sponsor
Radboud University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

(1) life time prevalence of alcohol, cannabis or hard drug use,
(2) belonging to one of the four personality high-risk groups (SS, IMP, AS or NT) and
(3) informed consent of the adolescents and their parents or legal representative.

Exclusion Criteria

Addiction

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
‘Take it Personal!’ aims to decrease substance use by adolescents with mild and borderline ID. We operationalized goals for alcohol, cannabis and hard drug use. The primary outcome for alcohol use are the percentage of decrease in binge drinking, weakly use and problematic use. The primary outcomes for cannabis use are the percentage of decrease in lifetime cannabis use and weakly use. The primary outcome for hard drug use is the percentage of decrease in lifetime use.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary outcomes are the intention to use less alcohol and/or drugs in the future (Malmberg 2010], motives for alcohol and/or drug use (Drinking Motives Questionaire-Revised-Short Form (DMQ-R-SF) and internalizing and externalizing behavioural problems measured by YSR.
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