None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of the study is to compare the effects of brief vesus extended feedback and advice in promoting cannabis help/information seeking and assisting individiuals to reduce their cannabis use. Hypotheses: Relative to individuals who receive brief feedback, individuals who receive extended feedback will report (a) more information-seeking and help-seeking, (b) greater reductions in past-month cannabis use, (c) greater reductions in past-month cannabis dependence symptoms, (d) greater reductions in past-month cannabis abuse symptoms, and (e) greater satisfaction with the screening/feedback program.
Interventions
The intervention condition involves an online cannabis screening program with extended feedback and advice. Participants are asked a series of questions about their recent cannabis use, dependence and abuse symptoms, motives for using and consequences of use, treatment seeking, health consequences, and perceived cannabis use norms. Personalised feedback and advice addressing all of these issues is then provided (e.g., the individual receives advice relating to his or her specific motives for us
The intervention condition involves an online cannabis screening program with extended feedback and advice. Participants are asked a series of questions about their recent cannabis use, dependence and abuse symptoms, motives for using and consequences of use, treatment seeking, health consequences, and perceived cannabis use norms. Personalised feedback and advice addressing all of these issues is then provided (e.g., the individual receives advice relating to his or her specific motives for using cannabis). Participation in the intervention takes about an hour.
Sponsors
National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC)
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
18 years or older. Cannabis use in the last month. At least one symptom of cannabis abuse or dependence. Having email
Exclusion criteria
Under 18 years old. No cannabis use in the last month. No symptoms of cannabis abuse or dependence. No email address.
Outcome results
None listed