Clinical trial NCT06553196: MATAspire: Mental Health Awareness Tailored App for Substance Prevention and Integrated Resilience Education
Official title: MATAspire: Mental Health Awareness Tailored App for Substance Prevention and Integrated Resilience Education
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alcohol Use
Cannabis Use
Nicotine Use
Illicit Drug Use
Prescription Opioid Misuse
Lead sponsor: California State University, Northridge
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-14
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline alcohol use behavior at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline binge drinking at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline cannabis use at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline nicotine use at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline electronic vape use products at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention
measure: Change from baseline non-prescribed prescription drug use behavior at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline coping skills at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline alcohol use related outcomes at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline nicotine use related outcomes at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline cannabis use related outcomes at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline non-prescribed prescription drug use related outcomes at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following completion of intervention
Other outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline risk perceptions at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline subjective norms at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Change from baseline attitudes at 3 months
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Physical Activity
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Sleep
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Nutrition
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Socio-demographics
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Developmental Transition
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Anxiety
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
measure: Depression
timeFrame: Baseline and 90-days following intervention completion
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