Brief Intervention in Substance Use Disorder

A randomized controlled clinical trial to study of the effectiveness of Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)-linked brief intervention according to Specific Substance Involvement Score in substance users referred to the Primary Health Care Setting

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201209051958N2

Enrollment

Registered

2012-10-14

Start date

2012-10-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Substance use disorder (abuse and dependence). Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance usel (harmful use and dependence syndrome)

Interventions

One-session ASSIST-linked brief intervention (guided by World Health Organization), managed by a primary health care physician, length between 5 and 15 session.

Behavior

One-session ASSIST-linked brief intervention (guided by World Health Organization), managed by a primary health care physician, length between 5 and 15 session

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Between the ages of 18 and 50 years; Being Iranian; Able to communicate in Persian fluently; Willing to participate in a 3 month follow-up where they return to the treatment agency for interview; Able to be followed up three months later and give contact details of at least 2-3 other people, and of fixed address and able to provide contact details of their home; Physically well enough to participate in a 30 minute interview and intervention session; Specific Substance Involvement Score of 4-26 (for alcohol: 9-26); No more than 4 injections a month, by average, within three last months; Exclusion criteria: Pending incarceration within the next three months; Severely cognitively impaired or have severe behavior; Tended to violent or aggressive behavior; Intoxicated or going through withdrawal from alcohol or other drugs at baseline; Currently in drug (excluding nicotine) treatment (within the last month.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Specific Substance Involvement Score in ASSIST. Timepoint: month 0 & 3. Method of measurement: questionnaire.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8). Timepoint: month 3. Method of measurement: paper & pencil questionnaire.;Total Illicit Substance Involvement in ASSIST. Timepoint: month 0 & 3. Method of measurement: paper & pencil questionnaire.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactKaveh Alavi

Tehran Psychiatric Institute

kavehalavi@yahoo.com+98 21 6650 6862

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026