Texting to Reduce Alcohol Misuse (TRAM)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol-related problems; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol

• Registration Number: ISRCTN07695192
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Dundee and Tayside Health Board (UK)

Brief Summary

2014 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25526870 2017 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28702758 2018 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29927564

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-08-14
• Study Completion: 2016-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 16 July 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 798

Inclusion Criteria

Men aged 25 - 44 years living in socially disadvantaged communities who have consumed more than eight units of alcohol in a single drinking session at least twice in the preceding four weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Men who are currently attending an Alcohol Problem Service
2. Men who cannot communicate in English (verbally and by text message)
3. Men who will not be contactable by mobile phone for any part of the intervention period.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of men consuming more than 8 units of alcohol on at least three occasions in the previous 30 days, one year after the intervention has been delivered

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. The proportion of men consuming more than 8 units of alcohol on at least three occasions in the previous 30 days, three months after the intervention has been delivered.<br>2. The proportion of men consuming more than 16 units in a single session in the previous 30 days, three months after the intervention has been delivered. <br>3. The proportion of men consuming more than 16 units in a single session in the previous 30 days, twelve months after the intervention has been delivered. <br>4. The proportion of men drinking hazardously [measured by the Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST)], twelve months after the intervention has been delivered. <br>5. Total alcohol consumption (units in the previous 30 days), twelve months after the intervention has been delivered.