TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of an indicated prevention programme for substance use in individuals with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning
T2 - results of a quasi-experimental study
AU - Schijven, Esmée P.
AU - Hulsmans, Daan H.G.
AU - VanDerNagel, Joanneke E.L.
AU - Lammers, Jeroen
AU - Otten, Roy
AU - Poelen, Evelien A.P.
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Aims: To assess the effectiveness of Take it personal!, a prevention programme for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF) and substance use (SU). The prevention programme aims to reduce SU (alcohol, cannabis and illicit drugs) among experimental to problematic substance users. Design: A quasi-experimental design with two arms and a 3-month follow-up. Setting: Adolescents were recruited from 14 treatment centres in the Netherlands specialized in offering intra- and extramural care for people with MID-BIF and behavioural problems. Participants: Data were collected from 66 individuals with MID-BIF assigned either to the intervention condition (n = 34) or to the control condition (n = 32). Interventions: Take it personal! was designed to target four personality traits: sensation-seeking, impulsive behaviour, anxiety sensitivity and negative thinking. For each of these profiles, interventions were developed that were structurally the same but contained different personality-specific materials, games and exercises. The control group received care as usual. Measurements: Primary outcomes at 3-month follow-up were frequency of SU, severity of SU and binge drinking. Results: Results showed intervention effects for SU frequency (F(1, 50.43) = 9.27, P = 0.004) and binge drinking (F(1, 48.02) = 8.63, P = 0.005), but not for severity of SU (F(1, 42.09) = 2.20, P = 0.145). Conclusions: A prevention programme to reduce substance use among experimental to problematic users with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning helped participants to decrease substance use frequency and binge drinking.
AB - Aims: To assess the effectiveness of Take it personal!, a prevention programme for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning (MID-BIF) and substance use (SU). The prevention programme aims to reduce SU (alcohol, cannabis and illicit drugs) among experimental to problematic substance users. Design: A quasi-experimental design with two arms and a 3-month follow-up. Setting: Adolescents were recruited from 14 treatment centres in the Netherlands specialized in offering intra- and extramural care for people with MID-BIF and behavioural problems. Participants: Data were collected from 66 individuals with MID-BIF assigned either to the intervention condition (n = 34) or to the control condition (n = 32). Interventions: Take it personal! was designed to target four personality traits: sensation-seeking, impulsive behaviour, anxiety sensitivity and negative thinking. For each of these profiles, interventions were developed that were structurally the same but contained different personality-specific materials, games and exercises. The control group received care as usual. Measurements: Primary outcomes at 3-month follow-up were frequency of SU, severity of SU and binge drinking. Results: Results showed intervention effects for SU frequency (F(1, 50.43) = 9.27, P = 0.004) and binge drinking (F(1, 48.02) = 8.63, P = 0.005), but not for severity of SU (F(1, 42.09) = 2.20, P = 0.145). Conclusions: A prevention programme to reduce substance use among experimental to problematic users with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning helped participants to decrease substance use frequency and binge drinking.
KW - Alcohol
KW - cannabis
KW - illicit drugs
KW - indicated prevention
KW - intellectual disabilities
KW - personality
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U2 - 10.1111/add.15156
DO - 10.1111/add.15156
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088321097
VL - 116
SP - 373
EP - 381
JO - Addiction
JF - Addiction
SN - 0965-2140
IS - 2
ER -