Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

NCT ID: NCT01180829

Last Updated: 2012-08-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

91 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-10-31

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study will provide a pilot test of two different text message interventions for problem drinkers. Participants will be recruited using a general population telephone survey. Participants in a control group (who will not receive text messages) will be compared to participants who receive one of two different types of text message packages (12 text messages sent once per week in each) - a series of personalized feedback text messages or a series of consciousness raising test messages (i.e., messages that keep the thought of cutting down on their drinking in the participants' mind). Participants in the three different conditions will be followed-up in three months time to assess changes in drinking. It is predicted that participants who receive either of the text message packages will report reduced drinking as compared to those participants in the control condition who do not receive any text messages.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Alcohol Dependence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control condition

No interventions text messages sent

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Personalized feedback text messages

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized feedback text messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.

Consciousness raising text message

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains text designed to get the person to think about his or her drinking

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Consciousness raising text messages

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A series of 12 text messages, each of which consists of an item designed to get the person to think about his or her drinking

Interventions

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Personalized feedback text messages

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Consciousness raising text messages

A series of 12 text messages, each of which consists of an item designed to get the person to think about his or her drinking

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Resident of Ontario
* 19 years of age or over
* Have consumed alcohol in the one month prior to the telephone survey.
* A score of 8 or over on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
* Are willing to participate in follow-up at three months

Exclusion Criteria

•None
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Health Canada

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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John Cunningham

Senior Scientist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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John Cunningham

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Locations

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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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088/2010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id