Encouraging Allergic Young Adults to Carry Epinephrine
Using Text Messaging and Financial Incentives to Encourage Allergic Young Adults to Carry Epinephrine
Studieoversigt
Status
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
Aim: We pilot tested a novel strategy to encourage young adults with food allergies to carry their epinephrine auto-injectors. Adolescents/young adults are at increased risk of adverse events, because of increased risk-taking with food and decreased likelihood of carrying epinephrine.
Study design: This is a pilot randomized controlled trial, with a survey component. Text messaging is the mode of communication and inquiry with study participants.
Hypothesis: The intervention group, which will receive modest financial incentives for carrying epinephrine, will be more likely to demonstrate that they are carrying their epinephrine, when queried by the study team.
This study employs text messaging, along with photography, as a mode of momentary ecologic assessment, or real-time measurement of epinephrine carrying. In addition, text messaging was used as a mode of asking questions regarding food allergy knowledge and beliefs among young adults. Text messages were sent from a designated telephone (and telephone number) purchased for use in this study. We used text messaging for reminder messages, text responses, and for the participants to send photographs back to us. We converted text message data (participants responses) into a RedCap database. Our research coordinator sent and received the text messages and compiled a secure RedCap database of responses.
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have known food allergy
- Epinephrine auto-injector prescription
- Access to a cell phone with ability to send picture messages
Exclusion Criteria:
-
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Andet
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
|---|---|
|
Eksperimentel: Intervention
Participants received text messages and financial incentives after successfully documenting that they were carrying their epinephrine auto-injectors, based on principles of behavioral economics.
|
Use financial incentives to promote epinephrine-carrying.
|
|
Ingen indgriben: Control
Participants received text messages.
|
Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
|---|---|---|
|
Proportion of check-ins at which participant is carrying epinephrine
Tidsramme: 10 randomly timed check-ins during the 7 week intervention period
|
Proportion of check-ins at which participants were successfully carrying their epinephrine, measured using cell phone photographs.
|
10 randomly timed check-ins during the 7 week intervention period
|
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
|---|---|---|
|
Self-reported acceptability of text messages
Tidsramme: Measured at the end of the 7 week intervention
|
Assess young adults' perspectives on text messaging as a vehicle for communicating health messages.
|
Measured at the end of the 7 week intervention
|
Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Carolyn C Cannuscio, ScD, University of Pennsylvania
Publikationer og nyttige links
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- UPenn
Disse oplysninger blev hentet direkte fra webstedet clinicaltrials.gov uden ændringer. Hvis du har nogen anmodninger om at ændre, fjerne eller opdatere dine undersøgelsesoplysninger, bedes du kontakte register@clinicaltrials.gov. Så snart en ændring er implementeret på clinicaltrials.gov, vil denne også blive opdateret automatisk på vores hjemmeside .