Brief Intervention in Substance Use Disorder
- Conditions
- Substance use disorder (abuse and dependence).Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance usel (harmful use and dependence syndrome)
- Registration Number
- IRCT201209051958N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Office of Psychosocial Health and Addiction, Ministry of Health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Between the ages of 18 and 50 years; Being Iranian; Able to communicate in Persian fluently; Willing to participate in a 3 month follow-up where they return to the treatment agency for interview; Able to be followed up three months later and give contact details of at least 2-3 other people, and of fixed address and able to provide contact details of their home; Physically well enough to participate in a 30 minute interview and intervention session; Specific Substance Involvement Score of 4-26 (for alcohol: 9-26); No more than 4 injections a month, by average, within three last months;
Exclusion criteria: Pending incarceration within the next three months; Severely cognitively impaired or have severe behavior; Tended to violent or aggressive behavior; Intoxicated or going through withdrawal from alcohol or other drugs at baseline; Currently in drug (excluding nicotine) treatment (within the last month.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Specific Substance Involvement Score in ASSIST. Timepoint: month 0 & 3. Method of measurement: questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8). Timepoint: month 3. Method of measurement: paper & pencil questionnaire.;Total Illicit Substance Involvement in ASSIST. Timepoint: month 0 & 3. Method of measurement: paper & pencil questionnaire.