Community Cohort of Illicit Drug Users
Initiatives
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In response to the limited application of EMA approaches to out-of-treatment, high-risk populations, we sought to develop EMA methods for near real-time characterizationof illicit drug use occurring in users’ natural environments. In this paper, we describe the study design and participants of the EXposure Assessmentin Current Time (EXACT) study.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2008
- End Year
- 2013
- Funding
- Funding for the study was provided through the National Institute on DrugAbuse (Grants U01-DA-023832; R01-DA-04334; and R01-DA-12568). Larry W. Chang is supported by the National Insti-tute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health(K23MH086338). Ryan P. Westergaard is supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on DrugAbuse (K23DA032306).
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Kirk GD, Linas BS, Westergaard RP, et al. The exposure assessment in current time study: implementation, feasibility, and acceptability of real-time data collection in a community cohort of illicit drug users. AIDS Res Treat. 2013;2013:594671. doi:10.1155/2013/594671
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 109
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
illicit drug users
EXposure Assessment in Current Time (EXACT) study participants were recruited from the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) study, an ongoing, community-recruited, observational cohort ofpersons with a history of injecting drugs in Baltimore, MD.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Territory
- Boltimore
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Other criteria
- Individuals were excluded if they had anymedical condition that would prevent them from operatingthe hand held device (e.g., visual or hearing impairment) orif they failed to attend the screening appointment where they were trained how to use the device.
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 109
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
We describe the study design and evaluate the implementation, feasibility, and acceptability of an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) study of illicit drug users. Hand-held electronic diaries used in the initial trials were transitioned to a smartphone platform for the final trial with identical data collection. Random-prompts delivered five times daily assessed participant location, activity, mood, and social context.
- Start Date
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2008-11
- End Date
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2013-05
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Mobile phone
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection