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NCT Number: NCT01632735

Mobile Continuing Care Approach for Youth

The primary purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a pilot mobile based continuing care program (monitoring/feedback texting) relative to standard continuing care as usual in reducing relapse and improving psychosocial functioning outcomes in a youth population (under 24) with substance abuse problems.

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Key information

Conditions

Addiction Behavior Behavior, Addictive Compulsive Behavior Impulsive Behavior

Age range

12 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Azusa Pacific University Psychology Department

Azusa, California, 91702, United States

About this study

This study will include approximately 80 participants randomized to either 12 weeks of mobile continuing care (intervention) or standard continuing care as usual (control). Participants will be recruited from the treatment programs in Los Angeles County, including Matrix Institute on Addictions, Tarzana Treatment, Twin Town, Phoenix House, and Cri-Help. During the 12-week active program, participants will be monitored monthly via telephone data collection. Both groups will be followed for 10-months using repeated assessments (self-report and urine specimens) at baseline (month 0) and at follow-up points (months 3, 6, and 9).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Youth between 12 and 24 years old
  • Youth in treatment for substance abuse
  • Youth who complete treatment (minimum 12 weeks)
  • Youth who have the cognitive capacity to understand study procedures and agree to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of an adverse (life threatening) medical condition that could interfere with study participation.
  • Presence of psychiatric co-occurring illness or symptoms warranting safety concerns or continued treatment, including acute suicide risk; and
  • Current homelessness (unless residing in recovery home for which contact information can be provided).

Treatment and study plan

Mobile Continuing Care

Behavioral

Behavioral: Mobile Texting 12-week intervention. Delivers daily Recovering monitoring, self-management feedback, and education/social support

Primary outcomes

  1. Primary Substance Use (Defined as Substance Received Treatment for)

    Time frame: Baseline, discahrge, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 9 month follow-up

    Primary substance use relapse was measured by urine tests (0 = negative, 1 = positive).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Participation in Recovery Behaviors Over Time

    Time frame: baseline, discharge, 3-, 6- and 9-month follow-ups

    Recovery behaviors defined as mean number of days doing extracurricular/recovery-goal directed activities using repeated measures over time.

  2. Recovery Confidence (Self-efficacy) Over Time

    Time frame: baseline, discharge, 3-, 6-, and 9-month follow-ups

    Change/improvements in mean recovery confidence score over time (measured by question "How confident are you in your ability to be completely abstinent (clean) from alcohol and drugs in the next 30 days?" (units on scale included 0=not at all, 1=slightly, 2=moderately, 3=considerably, 4-extremely).

  3. Social Support Utilization

    Time frame: Baseline, discahrge, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 9 month follow-up

    Self-help utilization was measured by the question: "In the past 30 days, how many days did you attend self-help meetings like AA or NA to support your recovery?"

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Azusa Pacific University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • University of California, Los Angeles

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jul 3, 2012
Registry last updated
Aug 21, 2015

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