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Table 1 Data extracted on characteristics, primary and secondary outcomes

From: Individual-, family- and school-based interventions to prevent multiple risk behaviours relating to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in young people aged 8-25 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study characteristics

Primary outcome data

Secondary outcome data

Authors, design, location, setting, duration, substance use behaviours addressed, intervention content and activities, theoretical underpinning, types of participants, duration of follow-up, statistical details (including whether clustering was accounted for)

All data relating to use of alcohol (primary outcomes: alcohol use or frequency, and binge drinking), tobacco (primary outcomes: tobacco use or frequency, and heavy smoking) and other drug use (primary outcomes: cannabis use or frequency, and other illicit drug use1). Outcome data were extracted as reported by the study authors for all follow-up timepoints. This included raw dichotomous and continuous data at baseline and follow-up (e.g. number of events and participants, or mean and standard deviations), effect sizes and model estimates (with uncertainty)

Secondary outcomes included: education and employment (e.g. educational qualifications, employment, not being in education, employment or training (NEET), receipt of government benefits); crime; long term addictive behaviours; health outcomes (e.g. teenage pregnancy or parenthood, mental health outcomes, morbidity, premature mortality); dependence or harmful substance use; adverse events as a result of the intervention; and cost effectiveness of the intervention

  1. Legend: The table lists the data extracted related to study characteristics, primary and secondary outcome data. 1“Other illicit drug use” could consist of prescription drug, poly illicit drug, inhalant, cocaine, meth/amphetamine, or ecstasy use. Some of the poly illicit drug use outcomes included cannabis