An examination of injecting behaviour among injecting drug users in West Suffolk after a safer injecting training session, using a pre- and post-test survey design

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN65629191

Enrollment

Registered

2004-09-30

Start date

2004-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-04-20

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Conditions

Drug abuse Mental and Behavioural Disorders Persons encountering health services for other counselling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Sample of 50 subjects will be randomly assigned to a control group of 25 and a treatment group of 25. A pre-test questionnaire will be completed by all 50 subjects. The treatment group will receive a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: T1. he sample group will be selected from clients who inject drugs and who are accessing treatment from the West Suffolk Drugs Service. 2. All clients participating to be over 18 years old and younger than 65 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Analysis will examine the change in magnitude in the variable of interest in each group between baseline and follow-up measurements. Impact analysis will be used to attribute causal influence to the safer injecting training.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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