"Effectiveness of School-based Substance Abuse Prevention Programme Among Adolescents .
ConditionSubstance Abuse
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-15
SponsorManipal College of Nursing
About this trial
The objectives of the study is to
1. "to explore the perception of teachers, parents \& students in the prevention of substance abuse among adolescents". 2. "to develop and determine the effectiveness of a School-based substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP) on awareness, attitude, peer pressure, and life skills towards prevention of substance abuse".
In this study, SSPP refers to a Bilingual Multicomponent Training Programme which includes psychoeducation and video-assisted teaching to enhance awareness of substance abuse, role-play to develop a positive attitude towards prevention of substance abuse, Case based scenario to increase resistance to peer pressure and storytelling and demonstration to increase life skills towards prevention of substance abuse among adolescents of selected schools of Pokhara, Nepal.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adolescents of 13-15 years age group.
Those who are studying in selected public Schools of Pokhara, Nepal.
Disqualifiers
o Adolescents who are not willing to provide informed consent (assent) and parental consent.
Adolescents who do not belong to Nepal.
Adolescents who are absent during data collection
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
School-based Substance abuse Prevention Programme (SSPP)
Other interventionModule 1 :Introduction * Orientation about Training Programme using PowerPoint slides * Psychoeducation and Video Assisted Teaching to enhance awareness of substance abuse. * Distribution of informational booklet on basics about substance abuse Module 2: * Role play to develop a positive attitude towards the prevention of substance abuse. * Case-based scenario to increase resistance to peer pressure. * Demonstration of drug refusal techniques. Module3:• Storytelling on Life skills Training Components (Problem solving, Emotion Management) Module 4:• Demonstration of Life skills training components (Communication skills, Decision making skills, Creative thinking skills, Stress Management strategies )
Treatment groups
210 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Experimental and controlExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Change from baseline awareness towards substance abuse
Awareness towards substance abuse among adolescents using structured awareness towards substance abuse using structured awareness towards substance abuse which is of 30 items multiple choice questions with one right answer \& three distracters. Higher the score higher awareness towards substance abuse
Time frame
Baseline,3months &6mobths2
Change from baseline attitude at 3 & 6 months
Attitude towards substance abuse using Alcohol \& drug attitude scale which is of 28 items.minimum score is 61 ,Higher score is 86.higher scores indicate higher attitude t towards using Alcohol and drug
Time frame
Baseline,3months & 6months3
Change from baseline peer pressure at 3months & 6months
Peer pressure towards substance abuse using peer pressure scale which is of 25 items scale.the minimum score is 55 \& higher score is more than 72.higher the score high peer pressure.
Time frame
Baseline,3months& 6months4
Change from baseline lifeskills at 3months and 6months
Life skills among adolescents using life skills evaluation questionnaire .Higher score indicates higher life skills.
Time frame
Baseline,3months & 6monthsSponsors and contacts
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Manipal College of Nursing
Lead sponsor
Manipal University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov