Tailored Mobile Text Messaging to Reduce Problem Drinking
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Alcohol-Related Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorders, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Alcohol Abuse
In brief
This study is designed to develop and test a tailored adaptive text messaging/short message service (SMS) intervention for individuals interested in stopping or reducing their alcohol consumption; and test and compare it to tailored but static, once a day messaging, gain framed messaging, and ecological momentary assessment only.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01885312
- Run by
- Northwell Health
- People needed
- 174
- Starts
- 2014-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-10-13
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participants must:
- be fluent and able to read in English at the eighth grade level
- be between the ages of 21 and 65
- have an estimated average weekly consumption of greater than 15 or 24 standard drinks per week for women and men, respectively
- be willing to reduce their drinking to non-hazardous levels
- be willing to provide informed consent
- own a mobile phone and have an active email address and are willing to receive and respond to up to 115 text messages total per month (average = 50)
You may not qualify if…
- Participants will be excluded from the study if they
- present with significant substance use or a current substance use disorder (for any substance other than alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine), which is defined as greater than once weekly use in the past month
- present with a serious psychiatric illness or suicide risk as measured by previous inpatient treatment, medications for psychosis or recent suicidality; demonstrate clinically severe alcoholism, as evidenced by physical withdrawal symptoms or a history of serious withdrawal symptoms (e.g., hallucinations, seizures, or delirium tremens), and score greater than 12 on the Short Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (SAWS)
- express a desire or intent to obtain additional substance abuse treatment while in the study
- report a medical condition that precludes drinking any alcohol; or
- demonstrate cognitive impairment as evidenced a score of less than 7 out of 10 on the consent form quiz
Where it is running
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research / North Shore-LIJ Health System — Great Neck, New York, United States
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