A Mobile Text Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Addiction

NCT ID: NCT04055272

Last Updated: 2022-08-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

265 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-07

Study Completion Date

2022-03-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the effects of messages communicating the risks (i.e., health harms, addictiveness) of indoor tanning delivered via mobile text messaging among young adult women ages 18 to 30 years who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction.

Detailed Description

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This is a two arm randomized controlled trial to test the effects of messages communicating the risks of indoor tanning delivered via mobile text messaging as a strategy for promoting cessation among young adult women who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction. Eligible participants are young adult women ages 18 to 30 years who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction and have access to the internet and a personal mobile phone to complete study procedures. Participants will complete baseline measures and then be randomized to the study arms. The text messaging intervention exposure in the intervention arm will last for four weeks. The control arm will be given basic indoor tanning education information and will not receive any intervention. Follow up assessments capturing study outcomes will be administered at 1 month (i.e., immediately post-intervention) and three months post-intervention.

Conditions

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Indoor Tanning

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This is a randomized trial with two groups: 1) Indoor tanning education only; 2) Mobile text messaging intervention
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Text messaging

Participants in the text messaging intervention arm receive mobile text messages communicating the risks of indoor tanning and motivating cessation on their mobile phones

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile text messaging intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention arm will receive text messages to their mobile phones designed to communicate the risks of indoor tanning and motivate cessation. The intervention exposure lasts for 4 weeks with messages sent 2 days each week. It is an interactive intervention that engages participants by asking them to respond to prompts, and sending indoor tanning message content in return on message days.

Control

Participants in the control arm receive no intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mobile text messaging intervention

Participants in the intervention arm will receive text messages to their mobile phones designed to communicate the risks of indoor tanning and motivate cessation. The intervention exposure lasts for 4 weeks with messages sent 2 days each week. It is an interactive intervention that engages participants by asking them to respond to prompts, and sending indoor tanning message content in return on message days.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female
* Age between 18 and 30 years
* Meet self-report criteria for tanning addiction
* Has access to the internet to complete study procedures
* Has personal mobile phone to complete study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

* Male
* Age less than 18 or greater than 30
* Does not meet self-report criteria for tanning addiction
* Does not have access to the internet to complete study procedures
* Does not have a personal mobile phone to complete study procedures
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Georgetown University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Darren Mays, PhD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Georgetown University

Locations

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Georgetown University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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STUDY00000474

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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