‘INternetbased Social Norms Intervention for substance use prevention for Students’-study

Conditions

SUBSTANCE CONSUMPTION

CR Pischke, Stefanie M. Helmer, Hermann Pohlabeln, Saskia Muellmann, Sven Schneider et al. (12 authors)

Frontiers in Public Health2021-05-1416 citations

10.3389/fpubh.2021.659875

Licit and illicit substance use patterns among university students in Germany using cluster analysis.

Schilling L, Zeeb H, Pischke C, Helmer S, Schmidt-Pokrzywniak A, Reintjes R, Walter U, Girbig M, Krämer A, Icks A, Schneider S.

2017-10-2322 citations

10.1186/s13011-017-0128-z

Development and evaluation of the efficacy of a web-based 'social norms'-intervention for the prevention and reduction of substance use in a cluster-controlled trial conducted at eight German universities.

Helmer SM, Muellmann S, Zeeb H, Pischke CR.

2016-03-119 citations

10.1186/s12889-016-2898-z

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: At baseline, attitudes toward licit and illicit substance use will be assessed among university students as well as rates of substance use. The intervention group will rec

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: students at the participating universities

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Personal and perceived peer substance use: Personal and perceived social norms regarding substance use will be assessed. These items will based on existing research and will be tailored to the target population of students. Data will be assessed at baseline and 5 months later using a web-based questionnaire.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Substance use: The use of the following substances will be assessed: Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.), tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.), waterpipe tobacco (shisha), cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.), medication to improve academic performance (e.g. Ritalin) that were not prescribed, synthetic cannabis (spice, etc.), cocaine (coke, crack, etc.), ecstasy, other amphetamine-type stimulants (speed, meth, etc.), sedatives or sleeping pills (diazepam, alprazolam, flunitrazepam, midazolam, stilnoct, etc.) which were not prescribed, hallucinogens (LSD, acid, mushrooms, trips, ketamine, etc.), inhalants (nitrous, glue, petrol, paint thinner, etc.). In addition, binge drinking and polydrug use (alcohol and tobacco, alcohol and any other illicit substances) will be assessed. The choice of substances included will be based on the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), developed by the World Health Organization. Data will be assessed at baseline and 5 months later using a web-based questionnaire.	—

Measure

Time frame

Substance use: The use of the following substances will be assessed: Alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, spirits, etc.), tobacco products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, cigars, etc.), waterpipe tobacco (shisha), cannabis (marijuana, pot, grass, hash, etc.), medication to improve academic performance (e.g. Ritalin) that were not prescribed, synthetic cannabis (spice, etc.), cocaine (coke, crack, etc.), ecstasy, other amphetamine-type stimulants (speed, meth, etc.), sedatives or sleeping pills (diazepam, alprazolam, flunitrazepam, midazolam, stilnoct, etc.) which were not prescribed, hallucinogens (LSD, acid, mushrooms, trips, ketamine, etc.), inhalants (nitrous, glue, petrol, paint thinner, etc.). In addition, binge drinking and polydrug use (alcohol and tobacco, alcohol and any other illicit substances) will be assessed. The choice of substances included will be based on the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), developed by the World Health Organization. Data will be assessed at baseline and 5 months later using a web-based questionnaire.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactStefanie Helmer

BIPS - Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventionsforschung GmbH

helmer@bips.uni-bremen.de0049 421 218 56909

Outcome results

None listed