Peer-delivered Follow-up Text Communication After a Brief Motivational Interviewing (MI) for Adolescent Drug Abusers
Drug Abuse, Adolescent Behavior
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Drug Abuse focused on measuring drug abuse, brief motivational interview, peer counselling, instant messaging, adolescent
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 25 years old or below,
- report taking drugs within the past 30 days,
- be able to speak Cantonese, read Traditional Chinese,
- accept to received counseling use messaging apps (such as WhatsApp, WeChat, and SMS text messenger),
- have verbally consented to join the follow-up intervention.
Exclusion Criteria:
- have acute psychosis or other mental problems,
- be undergoing other drug abuse recovery treatment.
Sites / Locations
- The University of Hong Kong
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
intervention group
control group
The interactive Brief MI-based text message communication via instant messaging apps (e.g., WhatsApp, WeChat) will be applied in the intervention group. The chatting function of WhatsApp and WeChat will be used as the intervention platform. The intervention will start on the first day after the participants join the follow-up group. The whole interactive text-communication intervention lasts for 1 month. The frequency of message communication will be at least twice a week. After completing the intervention, participants will be invited to complete an individualized telephone-based interview for collecting further information on the intervention content.
The participants in the control group will receive general health communication twice every week via SMS. The communication lasts for 1 month. After completing the intervention, participants will be invited to complete an individualized telephone-based interview for collecting further information on the intervention content.