A randomized trial of brief assessment interventions for young adults who use drugs in the club scene.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efficacious interventions to reduce drug use and its consequences for club drug using populations are not apparent in the literature. We tested interviewer- (CAPI) and self-administered (ACASI) comprehensive health and social risk assessments as distinct interventions compared to waitlist control.

Methods

750 men and women ages 18-39 with multidrug use and heterosexual behavior were randomized in equal proportions to the three conditions. Instrumentation included well-tested measures of drug use, risky sex, mental distress and substance dependence.

Results

The sample was 56% male; mean age=25. Reported risk behaviors and health consequences did not differ by assessment modality. Adjusted HLM analyses showed a significant main effect of assigned condition on

SUBMITTER: Kurtz SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5516962 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature