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Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01180829
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 12, 2010
Last Update Posted : August 30, 2012
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Health Canada
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
John Cunningham, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Study Description
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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.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Alcohol Dependence Behavioral: Personalized feedback text messages Behavioral: Consciousness raising text messages Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 91 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers
Study Start Date : October 2010
Actual Primary Completion Date : January 2012
Actual Study Completion Date : January 2012
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
No Intervention: Control condition
No interventions text messages sent
Experimental: Personalized feedback text messages
A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking
 Behavioral: Personalized feedback text messages
A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.
Experimental: Consciousness raising text message
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
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


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of drinks in a typical week [ Time Frame: Three months ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Frequency of consumption [ Time Frame: Three months ]
  2. usual number of drinks per occasion [ Time Frame: Three months ]
  3. Frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion [ Time Frame: three months ]
  4. highest number of drinks on one occasion [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   19 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Resident of Ontario
  • 19 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

Exclusion Criteria:

•None

Contacts and Locations
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Locations
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Canada, Ontario
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Health Canada
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: John Cunningham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
More Information
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Responsible Party: John Cunningham, Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01180829    
Other Study ID Numbers: 088/2010
First Posted: August 12, 2010    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: August 30, 2012
Last Verified: August 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Alcoholism
Alcohol-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders