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The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether receiving chatbot-delivered stage-of-change-tailored online interventions is effective in reducing chemsex among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does chatbot-delivered stage-of-changed online interventions reduce chemsex among men who have sex with men
Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or the control group. The control group will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks. On top of the interventions received by the control group, participants in the intervention group will have access to a chatbot during the 12-week intervention period. The chatbot will deliver 12 weekly episodes of interventions tailored to once's current stage-of-change related to chemsex. The chatbot will also address questions related to chemsex during the intervention period.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | Chatbot-delivered interventions and online videos |
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| Control group | Active Comparator | Online videos only |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Chatbot-delivered online interventions and online videos | Behavioral | Participants will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks. The chatbot will deliver 12 weekly episodes of interventions tailored to once's current stage-of-change related to chemsex. The chatbot will also address questions related to chemsex during the intervention period. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Presence of chemsex in the past 3 months | Presence of chemsex will be measured by a validated questionnaire. Chemsex is defined as the use of any of the following psychoactive substances before or during sexual intercourse: ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy, Dormicum/Halcion/Erimin 5/nonprescription hypnotic drugs, heroin, cough suppressant (not for curing cough), amyl nitrite (popper), GHB/GBL, 5-methoxy-N, N-diisopropyltryptamine (Foxy), and mephedrone. Participants will be asked whether they had used any of the aforementioned psychoactive substances before or during sexual intercourse in the past 3 months at baseline, after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 3 or Week 12), and 3 months after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 6) | Baseline, after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 3 or Week 12), and 3 months after completion of the 12-week intervention (Month 6) |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Zixin Wang, PhD | Contact | +852 22528474 | wangzx@cuhk.edu.hk |
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The data contains sensitive behaviors.
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| ID | Term |
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| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Online videos only | Behavioral | Participants will watch one online video introducing chemsex-related knowledge and harm reduction skills per week for 12 weeks. |
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