Escape Addict, a playful school-based program to prevent psychoactive substances use in students from Normandy

Escape Addict : pre-post pilot effectiveness and feasibility study of a playful theory-based secondary school prevention program to delay and decrease psychoactive substances consumption in schoolchildren from Normandy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN16082455

Enrollment

300

Registered

2025-07-24

Start date

2023-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-05

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Conditions

Prevention of psychoactive substances use among healthy schoolchildren Other

Interventions

Escape Addict is a playful school-based prevention program (based on an escape game), and theoretically anchored in a behavior change model (COM-B, Michie et al., 2011, and Behavior Change techniques,

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

13 Years to 15 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Educational Institutions : 1. Public middle schools 2. Middle school located in the Rouen metropolitan area 3. Must have adequate human, logistical, and material resources to allow for the implementation of the program Students : 1. Must be enrolled in one of the included classes and institutions 2. Must be enrolled in 8th grade (equivalent to "classe de 4ème") 3. Must have been informed about the study and consented to complete the questionnaires (with no parental or legal guardian opposition) 4. Must have signed the participation form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Educational Institutions : 1. Middle schools already participating in another research protocol Students : 1. Students unable to follow the study throughout its entire duration or those with impairments that prevent proper understanding of the study's requirements 2. Students who have already participated in an intervention regarding the consumption of psychoactive substances during the study period 3. Students whose parents have explicitly refused their participation through written notice to the school 4. Students who refuse or withdraw from the study at the time of measurement

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The proportion of adolescents who did not experience psychoactive substances assessed by questionnaire at baseline and 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The proportion of adolescents who decreased their recent (i.e. last month) PSC consumption measured using questionnaire at baseline and 6 months later	—

Countries

France

Contacts

Public ContactFlorence Cousson-Gélie

florence.cousson-gelie@univ-montp3.fr+33 (0)4 11 75 70 65

Outcome results

None listed

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