Social Media Intervention - Physical Activity

Social Media Intervention for Cannabis Use and Physical Activity in Emerging Adults - Physical Activity

The purpose of the study is to develop and test social media interventions to help young people increase well-being and reduce risky behaviors. The study will help us learn about ways to deliver wellness information in a way that is appealing and helpful to young people that use social media.

Eligible participants will be enrolled after baseline survey is completed. Participants will be involved with the secret social media group they are assigned to for 8 weeks. In addition, surveys will be completed at various times during and after the 8 week social media group.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cannabis Use
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group; Behavioral: Verdi plus PA Social Media Group

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Michigan
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
      • University of Michigan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• self-report using cannabis at least 3 times per week or more often in the past month
• active Facebook profile

Exclusion Criteria:

• participants who cannot read English will be informally excluded

• if participants fail identity verification based on:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
  • survey time completion
  • repeat attempts
  • survey responses
  • photo identification from a time stamped self picture sent to the research team
• cannot safely engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity [assessed at screening]
• participated in previous Project Verdi waves

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group; This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant focused on health and well-being.	Behavioral: Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group; Participants will have access to the secret Social Media page that will deliver health information focused on increasing healthy activities and well-being. This information will be posted by e-coaches. Participants can interact with the e-coaches as well as other study members in the group.
Experimental: Verdi plus PA Social Media Group; This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant focused on health and well-being.	Behavioral: Verdi plus PA Social Media Group; Participants will have access to the secret Social Media page that will deliver health information focused on increasing healthy activities, well-being, and reducing risky behaviors. This information will be posted by e-coaches. Participants can interact with the e-coaches as well as other study members in the group.
No Intervention: Attention-Control condition Social Media Group; This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant with social media topics.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Acceptability of intervention (i.e., ratings of e-coaches, )	Acceptability ratings completed by participants: How helpful were the e-coaches?; Not at all; A little; Somewhat; Very Much; Extremely	3 months (after baseline)
Acceptability of intervention (i.e., helpfulness of peer interaction)	Acceptability ratings completed by participants: How helpful was it to interact with other peers in the group?; Not at all; A little; Somewhat; Very Much; Extremely	3 months (after baseline)
Feasibility of intervention as evidenced by metrics of key activities (accepting group invitation)	number/percent who accept group invite	8 weeks post-group start
Feasibility of intervention as evidenced by metrics of key activities (engaging in the group)	number/percent who comment engage (i.e., comment at least one time)	8 weeks post-group start

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Michigan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Erina Bonar, PhD, University of Michigan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 18, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 25, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): December 25, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 26, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 28, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 25, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: social media
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Marijuana Abuse
• Other Study ID Numbers: HUM00195927

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No