Alcohol Use, Cannabis Use, Illicit Drug Use, Nicotine Use, Prescription Opioid Misuse
Conditions
Brief summary
The MATAspire intervention is a web-app designed to promote substance misuse prevention education and bolster protective coping skills whereby students complete six weekly interactive modules using a smart device or computer. Each module is approximately 15-20 minutes long and focuses on select substances and coping strategies: (i) adaptive coping strategies, (ii) alcohol, (iii) cannabis, (iv) nicotine, (v) prescription drugs and opioids, (vi) final module. The modules are based on key theoretical constructs, behavior change strategies, and practical module components: attitudes (knowledge), perceived susceptibility (risk perceptions), and subjective norms (normative re-education). The intervention will be evaluated via a time series design using a sample of (\ 1000 students) randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control conditions at a public institution in Southern California.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMATAspire Web-app
Substance misuse prevention education and adaptive coping skills
Sponsors
California State University, Northridge
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Current Cal State Northridge (CSUN) matriculated students with active CSUN email * Age 18 and older
Exclusion criteria
* Not currently a CSUN student * CSUN students under the age of 18 years * Have previously participated in this study * Identified as having an alcohol or substance use disorder (AUD or SUD) as determined by the brief Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 screener
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline alcohol use behavior at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as the number of days drinking alcohol in past 30-days |
| Change from baseline coping skills at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as the degree of effective and ineffective ways to cope with a stressful life event in ... |
| Change from baseline non-prescribed prescription drug use behavior at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as the number of days used stimulants, sedatives, benzodiazepines, and prescription opioids in past 30-days |
| Change from baseline electronic vape use products at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention | Measured as the number of days using vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes, e-pens, or electronic nicotine delivery systems in past 30-days |
| Change from baseline nicotine use at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as the number of days using menthol cigarettes, regular cigarettes, loose tobacco rolled into cigarettes or cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, snus, and others in past 30-days |
| Change from baseline cannabis use at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as the number of days smoking, vaping, dabbing, oral (edibles/gummies/drinks), sprays, tinctures, and topically in past 30-days |
| Change from baseline binge drinking at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as the number of days consumed five or more alcoholic beverages at the same time for males; four or more for females in past 30-days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline alcohol use related outcomes at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as participants who report any past 30-day alcohol use indicate how many times they have experienced select outcomes in the last 30 days while drinking alcohol, or as a result of their alcohol use |
| Change from baseline nicotine use related outcomes at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as participants who report any past 30-day nicotine use indicate how many times they have experienced ten select outcomes in the last 30 days while using nicotine, or as a result of their nicotine use. |
| Change from baseline cannabis use related outcomes at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as participants who report any past 30-day cannabis use indicate how many times they have experienced ten select outcomes in the last 30 days while using cannabis, or as a result of their cannabis use |
| Change from baseline non-prescribed prescription drug use related outcomes at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following completion of intervention | Measured as participants who report any past 30-day non-prescribed prescription drug use indicate how many times they have experienced ten select outcomes in the last 30 days while using prescription drugs not prescribed to them, or for the purpose of feeling or experiencing something |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as participants' report of average number of hours of sleep on a weeknight, excluding naps, over the past. Response options are 'less than 4 hours', '4 hours', '5 hours', '6 hours', '7 hours', '8 hours', '9 hours', '10 hours or more', or prefer not to answer. |
| Change from baseline subjective norms at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured by participants' indication of what percentage of students on campus they perceive use a variety of substances within the last 30 days (i.e. alcohol, cannabis, tobacco or nicotine delivery products, prescription stimulants, sedatives or sleeping pills, prescription opioids, and hallucinogens) choosing one of ten percentile intervals from 0-100%. |
| Change from baseline risk perceptions at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured by participants' evaluation of their perceived risk level for the following substance use behaviors: nicotine use once or twice a week, binge drinking daily, binge drinking once or twice a week, cannabis or marijuana use once or twice a week, electronic vape products once or twice a week, opioid drugs once or twice a week, non-prescribed prescription drugs once or twice a week. Response options for each behavior include 1='no risk', 2='slight risk', 3='moderate risk', 4='great risk'. |
| Nutrition | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured as participants' report of past week average number of servings of fruit and average number of servings of vegetables consumed. |
| Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) | Baseline | ACE are conceptualized as maltreatment (e.g., verbal, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse), and household dysfunction (e.g., parent/caregiver substance use, intimate partner violence, incarceration, homelessness, mental illness, separation/divorce. Participants respond to each of the ten ACE items as 1=Yes or 0=No. An ACE score will be computed with a range from 0-10. |
| Socio-demographics | Baseline | Participant characteristics, including age, Hispanic origin, race, sex at birth, gender identification, sexual orientation, living situation, college status, military service/veteran status, arrest history, parole/probation status, and household income |
| Physical Activity | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured by participants' indication of number of days of exercise in past week exercising. Examples of exercise are 'going to the gym', 'running', 'swimming', 'hiking', 'lifting weights or toning muscles', 'going for a brisk walk', or 'dancing', etc. |
| Change from baseline attitudes at 3 months | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | Measured by participants' attitude or feeling towards using mental health and substance use services on campus. Responses range from agree to disagree. |
| Developmental Transition | Baseline | Participants respond 1=Yes or 0=No to a list of 18 major life events within the last three years. Example life events include: getting into a new romantic relationship; breaking up with a girlfriend or boyfriend; losing a job; being unemployed and not able to find work; caring for a parent or relative; getting extremely ill; having a baby; losing a baby; or having family separated due to immigration. A total score will be computed with a range from 0-18. |
| Anxiety | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) is a screening tool for generalized anxiety disorder. This is calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories below, respectively, of not at all, several days, more than half the days, and nearly every day. GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21. Higher scores indicate more anxiety. Participants' will indicate how often they felt they were/had 'nervous anxious or on edge', 'not able to stop or control worrying', 'worrying too much about different things', 'trouble relaxing', 'being so restless it was hard to sit still', 'become easily annoyed or irritable', over the past 2 weeks. |
| Depression | Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion | The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D)10-item scale assesses depressive symptoms in the past week. Participants will indicate how often (rarely=0, some/little=1, occasionally=2, most of the time=3) they felt 'bothered by things that usually don't bother me', 'they had trouble keeping their mind on what they were doing', 'depressed', 'everything was an effort', 'hopeful about the future', 'fearful', 'sleep was restless', 'happy', 'lonely', 'they could not get going' in last week. Items 5 and 8 are reverse coded. The total score is calculated by totaling all items scored after reversing the positive mood items. Possible range for scores is 0-30 with higher scores representing greater degrees of depressed mood. |
Contacts
Primary ContactBethany Rainisch, PhD, MPH
Backup ContactLinn Dahlman, MPhil
Outcome results
None listed