A structured, telephone-delivered intervention to reduce methamphetamine use: study protocol for a parallel-group randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Australia has one of the highest rates of methamphetamine (MA) use in the world; however, uptake of in-person psychological treatment remains extremely low due to numerous individual (e.g. stigma, shame) and structural (e.g. service accessibility, geographical location) barriers to accessing care. Telephone-delivered interventions are ideally placed to overcome many of the known barriers to treatment access and delivery. This randomised controlled trial (RCT) will examine the efficacy of a standalone, structured telephone-delivered intervention to reduce MA problem severity and related harms.

Methods

This study is a double-blind, parallel-group RCT. We will recruit 196 ± 8 individuals with mild to moderate MA use disorder from across Australia. After eligibility a

SUBMITTER: Lubman DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature