Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

NCT01180829 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 088/2010
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 91
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Alcohol Dependence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of drinks in a typical week

  Three months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Frequency of consumption

  Three months

• usual number of drinks per occasion

  Three months

• Frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion

  three months

• highest number of drinks on one occasion

  3 months

Study Arms (3)

Control condition

NO INTERVENTION

No interventions text messages sent

Personalized feedback text messages

EXPERIMENTAL

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking

Behavioral: Personalized feedback text messages

Consciousness raising text message

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Interventions

Personalized feedback text messages BEHAVIORAL

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.

Personalized feedback text messages

Consciousness raising text messages BEHAVIORAL

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

Consciousness raising text message

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Resident of Ontario
• 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

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: lead
• Health Canada: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcoholism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• John Cunningham

  Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Scientist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 9, 2010
• First Posted: August 12, 2010
• Study Start: October 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2012
• Study Completion: January 1, 2012
• Last Updated: August 30, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-08

Locations

CA (1)