The effectiveness of an indicated prevention programme for substance use in individuals with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning: results of a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess the effectiveness of Take it personal!, a prevention programme for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF) and substance use (SU). The prevention programme aims to reduce SU (alcohol, cannabis and illicit drugs) among experimental to problematic substance users.

Design

A quasi-experimental design with two arms and a 3-month follow-up.

Setting

Adolescents were recruited from 14 treatment centres in the Netherlands specialized in offering intra- and extramural care for people with MID-BIF and behavioural problems.

Participants

Data were collected from 66 individuals with MID-BIF assigned either to the intervention condition (n = 34) or to the control condition (n = 32).

Interventions

SUBMITTER: Schijven EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature