Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

August 29, 2012 updated by: John Cunningham, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

91

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1
        • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: Control condition
No interventions text messages sent
EXPERIMENTAL: Personalized feedback text messages
A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking
Behavioral: Personalized feedback text messages
A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.
EXPERIMENTAL: 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
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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of drinks in a typical week
Time Frame: Three months
Three months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Frequency of consumption
Time Frame: Three months
Three months
usual number of drinks per occasion
Time Frame: Three months
Three months
Frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion
Time Frame: three months
three months
highest number of drinks on one occasion
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Collaborators

Health Canada

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: John Cunningham, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2010

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 9, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 11, 2010

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 12, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

August 30, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 29, 2012

Last Verified

August 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 088/2010

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