Reducing use of illicit drugs in college students by using internet services
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/04/032868
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Own an android smartphone/ have access to a computer
Studying (BA/BSc./B.Com) in arts and science college in the tricity region
illicit drug specific ASSIST score between 4-26
Providing informed consent (in smartphone app and web portal)
Able to read Hindi/English
Exclusion Criteria
Unwilling to participate in the study
ASSIST Score below 4 or above 26
Brief intervention by pre existing SBIRT program in past 3 months
Participation in on-site addiction treatment program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study feasibility and acceptability of smartphone app and web portal based assessment of hazardous and harmful illicit drug use and administering brief intervention for hazardous and harmful illicit drug use <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 0 and 3 months <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare ASSIST scores for illicit substances at screening and at follow up assessment.Timepoint: 0 and 3 months;To compare the days of drug use and cumulative days of abstinence between the intervention and the control groupTimepoint: 0 and 3 months;To compare the proportion of patientsâ?? transition from the moderate to low risk zone between the intervention and the control groupTimepoint: 0 and 3 months;To find out barriers and facilitators in using smartphone app and web portal for assessment of hazardous and harmful illicit drug use and administering brief intervention for hazardous and harmful illicit drug useTimepoint: post assessment