Drug UseNCT06132555
Health Status and the Need for Social Return of Drug Abusers in Guangdong Province
An observational study of Drug Use, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 1 site in China.
Trial 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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Drug Use
- What is being tested?
- Online questionnaire survey, In-depth personal interview and Colloquia
- How many people
- 7,106 participants
- Where
- 1 siteChina
- Study dates
- 15 Nov 2023to Aug 2024
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Study population: Drug abusers who registered in any of a streets or townships of Guangdong Province would be selected.
Who may be able to join
- 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.
Who cannot join
- Eliminate more than 20 questions missed or not answered questionnaires.
- The questionnaires which be filled out by the same respondent repeatedly.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Health Status and the Need for Social Return of Drug Abusers in Guangdong Province: a Secondary Data Analysis Study
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.
Read the detailed description
The drug problem is a major problem that threatens individuals' physical and mental health, family happiness, national security, regional stability and world peace. In recent years, anti-drug departments in various regions of Guangdong Province have adhered to the arrangement and deployment of the National Anti-Drug Office, the provincial Party committee and the provincial government and the Party committee of the Public Security Department, focused on preventing the harm of synthetic drugs, improved the system, implemented responsibilities, and innovated methods, and constantly improved the anti-drug and drug rehabilitation work in Guangdong.
Nowadays, with the improvement of the level of social and economic development, the personnel structure and characteristics of drug abusers in Guangdong Province have undergone corresponding changes, and the effect of the existing control policies on drug abusers has also shown a weak stage, which needs to be adjusted and updated in time.
In this context, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department has carried out research on anti-drug management countermeasures, and actively discussed the status quo, difficulties and reform direction of anti-drug management in the new era.
This study intends to conduct a secondary analysis based on the data obtained from the investigation and research on the status quo of drug control and detoxification work and management needs in Guangdong Province, aiming to describe the demographic and sociological characteristics of drug abusers in Guangdong Province, as well as their psychosocial experience of receiving interpretation intervention and the status quo of social regression needs. What's more, this study also devoted to forming a practical multi-department co-management model of community comprehensive management of drug addicts in Guangdong Province in the new era, to comprehensively improve the management level of drug abusers in Guangdong Province, serving grassroots communities, and build a harmonious society.
- Conditions
- Drug Use
- Being tested
- Online questionnaire survey, In-depth personal interview, Colloquia
- Keywords
- drug abuser, health condition, social regression, secondary data analysis
- Medical subject headings
- Drug Misuse
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Online questionnaire surveyOther
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.
In-depth personal interviewOther
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.
ColloquiaOther
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.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Receives: 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. Receives: Other: Colloquia |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
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.
Measured: Baseline
Secondary outcomes (4)
Socio-demographic information of drug abusers
The socio-demographic data collected through the structural questionnaire includes gender, age, education level, income, family size and health status of drug abusers.
Measured: Baseline
Withdrawal symptoms
The symptoms that the participants experienced during they quit the drugs. A checklist including 18 symptoms was used the measure the withdrawal symptoms with a Likert scale of 1 to 5 points. A higher score indicates more serious the participants experienced certain withdrawal symptoms.
Measured: Baseline
Addiction treatment
The treatment that the participants ever received. A checklist including 4 common treatments used with a Likert scale of 0 to 4 points. A higher score indicates more effective in treating the drug abuse.
Measured: Baseline
Barriers and support on returning to social
The barriers and support that the participants experienced when they tried to return to social. A checklist including 8 common barriers and 5 common support with a Likert scale of 1 to 4 points. A higher score indicates more serious or more necessary to the participants.
Measured: Baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Nov 2023
- Study start15 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completionJul 2024 (estimated)
- Study completionAug 2024 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Drug UseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Sun Yat-sen UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Enrolment
- 7,106 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Wei XIA, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University
- Investigators
- Wei Xia, PhD, Principal investigator, Sun Yat-sen University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06132555
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- WXIA-001
- Status last verified
- Nov 2023
- First submitted
- 13 Oct 2023
- Last updated
- 15 Nov 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The non-identified individual participant data will be shared after the outcomes have been published.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 15 Nov 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Health Status and the Need for Social Return of Drug Abusers in Guangdong Province: a Secondary Data Analysis Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06132555
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- WXIA-001
- Conditions
- Drug Use
- Keywords
- drug abuser, health condition, social regression, secondary data analysis
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 7,106 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Sun Yat-sen UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Jul 2024 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Aug 2024 (estimated)
- First posted
- 15 Nov 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Detailed description
The drug problem is a major problem that threatens individuals' physical and mental health, family happiness, national security, regional stability and world peace. In recent years, anti-drug departments in various regions of Guangdong Province have adhered to the arrangement and deployment of the National Anti-Drug Office, the provincial Party committee and the provincial government and the Party committee of the Public Security Department, focused on preventing the harm of synthetic drugs, improved the system, implemented responsibilities, and innovated methods, and constantly improved the anti-drug and drug rehabilitation work in Guangdong.
Nowadays, with the improvement of the level of social and economic development, the personnel structure and characteristics of drug abusers in Guangdong Province have undergone corresponding changes, and the effect of the existing control policies on drug abusers has also shown a weak stage, which needs to be adjusted and updated in time.
In this context, Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department has carried out research on anti-drug management countermeasures, and actively discussed the status quo, difficulties and reform direction of anti-drug management in the new era.
This study intends to conduct a secondary analysis based on the data obtained from the investigation and research on the status quo of drug control and detoxification work and management needs in Guangdong Province, aiming to describe the demographic and sociological characteristics of drug abusers in Guangdong Province, as well as their psychosocial experience of receiving interpretation intervention and the status quo of social regression needs. What's more, this study also devoted to forming a practical multi-department co-management model of community comprehensive management of drug addicts in Guangdong Province in the new era, to comprehensively improve the management level of drug abusers in Guangdong Province, serving grassroots communities, and build a harmonious society.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Retrospective
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Drug abusers | – | Other: Online questionnaire survey, Other: In-depth personal interviewDrug 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. |
| Drug rehabilitation institutions | – | Other: ColloquiaThe 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. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Drug abusers who registered in any of a streets or townships of Guangdong Province would be selected.
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- 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.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Eliminate more than 20 questions missed or not answered questionnaires.
- The questionnaires which be filled out by the same respondent repeatedly.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Online questionnaire surveyThe 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. | Other | Drug abusers |
| In-depth personal interviewThe 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. | Other | Drug abusers |
| ColloquiaThe 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. | Other | Drug rehabilitation institutions |
Primary outcome
Health status
Time frame: Baseline
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.
4 secondary outcomes
Socio-demographic information of drug abusers
Time frame: Baseline
Withdrawal symptoms
Time frame: Baseline
Addiction treatment
Time frame: Baseline
Barriers and support on returning to social
Time frame: Baseline
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 15 Nov 2023.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The non-identified individual participant data will be shared after the outcomes have been published.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Wei Xia, PhD principal investigator
Sun Yat-sen University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Drug Use, run by Sun Yat-sen University at 1 site in China.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Nov 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Wei Xia, PhD (18823359471, xiaw23@mail.sysu.edu.cn), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Health status (time frame: Baseline). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Nov 2023.