Social Media Intervention - Physical Activity

NCT04901910 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HUM00195927
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Cannabis Use

Keywords

social media

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Acceptability of intervention (i.e., ratings of e-coaches, )

  Acceptability ratings completed by participants: How helpful were the e-coaches? 1. Not at all 2. A little 3. Somewhat 4. Very Much 5. 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? 1. Not at all 2. A little 3. Somewhat 4. Very Much 5. 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

Study Arms (3)

Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Verdi plus PA Social Media Group

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Attention-Control condition Social Media Group

NO INTERVENTION

This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant with social media topics.

Interventions

Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group BEHAVIORAL

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.

Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group

Verdi plus PA Social Media Group BEHAVIORAL

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.

Verdi plus PA Social Media Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Bonar EE, Chapman L, Pagoto S, Tan CY, Duval ER, McAfee J, Collins RL, Walton MA. Social media interventions addressing physical activity among emerging adults who use cannabis: A pilot trial of feasibility and acceptability. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Jan 1;242:109693. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109693. Epub 2022 Nov 11.

  PMID: 36442441 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Erina Bonar, PhD

  University of Michigan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2021
• First Posted: May 26, 2021
• Study Start: May 18, 2021
• Primary Completion: December 25, 2021
• Study Completion: December 25, 2021
• Last Updated: March 28, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)