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Efficacy of ready4life: a digital addiction prevention program for young people

Efficacy of a digital coaching program for addiction prevention among vocational school students: Study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN59908406
Enrollment
1318
Registered
2020-10-21
Start date
2021-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-01-09

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Conditions

Prevention of addictive behaviors in students Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Participants will be cluster-randomised, using school class as a randomisation unit. Due to the heterogeneity of students in the different vocational schools, we will use a separate randomisation list

Sponsors

Swiss Research Institute for Public Health and Addiction
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Vocational school student 2. Minimum age 15 3. Possession of a smartphone

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
At baseline- and 6-months follow-up, measured by self-report: A composite measure for addictive behaviors composed of: 1. At risk-drinking in the preceding 30 days, according to guidelines of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health 2. 30-days point prevalence for tobacco/e-cigarette smoking 3. 30-days point prevalence for cannabis use 4. Problematic Internet use assessed by the Compulsive Internet Use Scale, CIUS

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
At baseline- and 6-months follow-up assessments: 1. General self-efficacy assessed by the Short Scale for Measuring General Self-efficacy Beliefs (ASKU) 2. Stress assessed by a single-item measure of stress symptoms

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 24, 2026