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Trial reportBMC public health2017

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a multi-component intervention to reduce substance use and risk-taking behaviour in adolescents involved in the criminal justice system: A trial protocol (RISKIT-CJS).

Simon Coulton, Kelly Stockdale, Catherine Marchand, Nadine Hendrie, Jenny Billings, Sadie Boniface, Steve Butler, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Dorothy Newbury-Birch and 4 more

Abstract readPragmatic Clinical TrialRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Ranking evidence in substance use and addiction.The International journal on drug policy · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Simon CoultonCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. s.coulton@Kent.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7704-3274
Kelly StockdaleHealth and Social Care Institute, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Catherine MarchandCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Nadine HendrieCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Jenny BillingsCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Sadie BonifaceInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neurosciences, Kings College, London, UK.
Steve ButlerAddaction Young Peoples Service, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
Paolo DelucaInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neurosciences, Kings College, London, UK.
Colin DrummondInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neurosciences, Kings College, London, UK.
Dorothy Newbury-BirchHealth and Social Care Institute, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK.
Tracy Pellatt-HigginsCentre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Alex StevensSchool of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
Alex SutherlandRAND Europe, Cambridge, UK.
Ed WilsonDept. of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Funding

Department of Health HTA/13/86/03Department of Health PHR/14/183/02Department of Health RP-PG-0609-10162Medical Research Council G0701681Medical Research Council G0701818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdolescence is a critical developmental stage when young people make lifestyle choices that have the potential to impact on their current and future health and social wellbeing. The relationship between substance use and criminal activity is complex but there is clear evidence that the prevalence of problematic substance use is far higher among adolescent offenders than the general adolescent population. Adolescent offenders are a marginalized and vulnerable population who are significantly more likely to experience health and social inequalities in later life than their non-offending peers. There is a paucity of evidence on effective interventions to address substance use and risk-taking behaviours in adolescent offender populations but it is clear that preventative or abstinence orientated interventions are not effective. RISKIT-CJS is an intervention developed in collaboration with young people taking account of the current best evidence. Feasibility and pilot studies have found the intervention addresses the needs of adolescents, is acceptable and has demonstrated potential in reducing substance use and risk-taking behavior.

methodsThe study is a mixed method, two-armed, prospective, pragmatic randomized controlled trial with individual randomisation to either treatment as usual alone or the RISKIT-CJS intervention in addition to treatment as usual. Adolescents, aged 13 to 17 years inclusive, engaged with the criminal justice system who are identified as having problematic substance use are eligible to participate. The study will be conducted across three geographical areas; South and South East England, London and North East England between March 2017 and February 2019. DISCUSSION: The study represents an ambitious programme of work to address an area of need for a marginalized and vulnerable population.

trial registrationISRCTN77037777 registered 15/09/2016.

Indexed as

Cost-Benefit AnalysisProgram EvaluationAdolescentBehavior TherapyClinical ProtocolsCriminalsEnglandFemaleHumansMaleProspective StudiesRisk-TakingSubstance-Related DisordersAdolescentCriminal justiceHealth economicsMotivational interviewingRandomised controlled trialRisk-taking behaviourSubstance useYouth offending

Identifiers

PMID28284187
PMCPMC5346206

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