Reducing High School Athletes' Prescription Opioids Misuse and Diversion Through the Student Athlete Wellness Portal

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prescription Opioid Misuse
• Interventions: Behavioral: Student Athlete Wellness Portal

• Registration Number: NCT05209191
• Lead Sponsor: Real Prevention, LLC

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to prevent prescription opioid misuse among high school athletes by developing, demonstrating the feasibility, and evaluating the outcomes of an innovative digital intervention.

Detailed Description

The goal of this proposal is to prevent prescription opioid misuse among high school athletes by developing, demonstrating the feasibility, and evaluating the outcomes of an innovative digital intervention. The new program, the Student Athlete Wellness Portal (SAWP), will be a brief, web- and smartphone-based curriculum, and will encourage resistance to cultural influences to misuse prescription opioids. This portal, which was created based on formative interviews with athletes, coaches, athletic trainers, and school administrators, will be tested in a feasibility trial. One hundred and two high school athletes completed a pretest, participated in the treatment (the SAWP) and completed posttest assess their knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors relating to opioid medication.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-04-24
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-26
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-31
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30
• Results First Submitted: 2022-07-25
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-08-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-21
• Results First Posted: 2023-08-22
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

• English-speaking male and female adolescents
• Ages 13-19
• Attending middle or high school
• Playing at last one interscholastic sport
• Parental consent

Exclusion Criteria

• No parental consent
• outside the age range
• not participating in interscholastic sports
• not in middle or high school
• participated in the Phase I research

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Student Athlete Wellness Portal	Student Athlete Wellness Portal	Web-based intervention that illustrates opioid misuse and diversion resistance strategies.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants Willing to Misuse Prescription Opioids	Posttest	2 items measured participants' willing to misuse opioids. Each presented a scenario followed by a checklist, each with 6 options indicating possible responses to opioid offers. For analyses, items were dichotomized to indicate if participants were willing to misuse (1) or not willing (0). If they checked any of the choices indicating they were willing to misuse prescription opioids, they were scored 1, which is the worst outcome. Range 0-1.
Efficacy in Resisting Offers of Opioids	Posttest.	2 items measuring the degree (scale 1-5) to which participants felt confident resisting offers of prescription opioids. Range 1-5, with higher scores reflecting more efficacy.
Usability	Posttest	10 items in agree-disagree format (sale 1-5) modified from the SUS scale to measure the useability of a website. Range 1-5, higher scores reflect better usability.
Engagement	Posttest	8 items in agree-disagree (scale 1-5) format to measure the degree to which a participant felt engaged with the website. Range 1-5, with higher scores reflecting more engagement. Subscales of interest, realism, and identification.

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

York Catholic High School; 🇺🇸 York, Pennsylvania, United States

Clifton High School; 🇺🇸 Clifton, New Jersey, United States

Central York High School; 🇺🇸 York, Pennsylvania, United States

Dickinson High School; 🇺🇸 Galveston, Texas, United States

Northern York High School; 🇺🇸 York, Pennsylvania, United States