Health Status and the Need for Social Return of Drug Abusers in Guangdong Province

NCT06132555 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: WXIA-001
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 7,106
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study intends to conduct a secondary analysis of the data from the investigation on the status quo of anti-drug rehabilitation work and management needs in Guangdong Province.

Conditions

Drug Use

Keywords

drug abuser; health condition; social regression; secondary data analysis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Health status

  The main indicator of health status is the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) scale, a simplified version of the commonly used psychological evaluation scale SCL-90, consisting of 18 items that are answered on a Likert scale of 0 to 4 points. A higher total score on the BSI-18 indicates a higher level of psychological distress for the respondent.

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Socio-demographic information of drug abusers

  Baseline

• Withdrawal symptoms

  Baseline

• Addiction treatment

  Baseline

• Barriers and support on returning to social

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Drug abusers

Drug abusers who registered in any of the 80 streets and 40 towns selected according to the economic level and population distribution of each city and other reference standards have been included in the study. A total of 6906 valid questionnaires have been collected. The interviewees were selected from 5000 participants in the quantitative questionnaire. Priority is given to drug users who have abstained for more than three years, and all age groups under 30 years old, between 30 and 50 years old and over 50 years old are covered.

Other: Online questionnaire survey; Other: In-depth personal interview

Drug rehabilitation institutions

The drug rehabilitation institutions included social work organization, compulsory detoxification center and rehabilitation center, which were selected according to the specific conditions of the selected cities, and the final number of participants was determined according to the personnel Settings of these institutions.

Other: Colloquia

Interventions

Online questionnaire survey OTHER

The investigators have made an electronic questionnaire through the questionnaire star, and send the link or two-dimensional code of the electronic questionnaire to the subjects through WeChat or SMS to remind them to fill in the answer on the mobile phone or computer. The questionnaire consisted of four parts: (1) basic information of the interviewees, (2) drug abuse of the interviewees, (3) drug treatment interventions received by the interviewees, and (4) problems encountered by the interviewees when they return to society.

Drug abusers

In-depth personal interview OTHER

The in-depth personal interview was conducted in a semi-structured way. The outline of the interview was formulated from seven aspects: drug use history, drug abstinence history, relapse situation, living conditions, physical and mental health status, return to society status, and active drug abstinence willingness of the drug abstinence personnel. The aim was to understand the needs of drug addicts in terms of family relationship, peer relationship, history of drug use, history of drug withdrawal, employment, economy, social support network, psychology, and assistance.

Drug abusers

Colloquia OTHER

The colloquia were carried out in the form of group interviews, 1-2 people from each different institution were selected to participate, and the number of people in each colloquium was controlled to be between 6 and 12. The colloquia mainly focused on: ① The status quo of the implementation of the local drug drug treatment policy, ② the status quo of the compulsory isolation drug treatment work, ③ the status quo of the work of social workers for drug drug treatment, ④ the status quo of the work of community health centers, ⑤ the operation of various mechanisms in the work of various units, and ⑥ what content in the drug control work needs assistance from other departments and what external resources are needed.

Drug rehabilitation institutions

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Drug abusers who registered in any of a streets or townships of Guangdong Province would be selected.

You may qualify if:

• Cities in Guangdong Province are selected according to the geographical distribution, development level, economic level and population distribution of the cities.
• Drug abusers who registered in any of a streets or townships of Guangdong Province would be selected.
• Drug abusers who have abstained for more than 3 years.
• All age groups under 30 years old, between 30 and 50 years old and over 50 years old were covered.

You may not qualify if:

• Eliminate more than 20 questions missed or not answered questionnaires.
• The questionnaires which be filled out by the same respondent repeatedly.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sun Yat-sen University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sun Yat-sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Drug Misuse

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Wei Xia, PhD

  Sun Yat-sen University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Wei Xia, PhD

CONTACT

18823359471; xiaw23@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 13, 2023
• First Posted: November 15, 2023
• Study Start: November 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2024
• Study Completion: August 1, 2024
• Last Updated: November 15, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: SAP
• Time Frame: After the publication of the study
• Access Criteria: Researchers should contact the PI for approval of the study protocol.

Locations

CN (1)