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Study of Mobile Phone Delivered Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Alcohol Abuse
Interventions
Behavioral: mROAD
Registration Number
NCT02158949
Lead Sponsor
University of Southern California
Brief Summary

In this study, the investigators will be developing and testing a mobile phone text message intervention to reduce alcohol use for people at risk of alcohol dependence. The investigators hypothesize that this intervention will be acceptable to participants, and that they will stay in the intervention until it's one week completion.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria
  • AUDIT score 15-20
  • have a mobile phone capable of receiving text messages
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Exclusion Criteria
  • age <18
  • unable to consent
  • language other than English or Spanish
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
mROADmROAD1 week of twice daily text messages modeled after SBIRT interventions
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acceptability of Intervention to Patient1 week

percentage of patients that do not opt out of messages prior to 1 week completion

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants Completed Assessment at 1 Month1 month

Feasibility of follow up of urban low-income at risk drinkers by phone defined as number of patients can be contacted at one months to complete assessment of alcohol use

Change in Days Drinking Alcohol1 month

patients reported number of days drinking any alcohol in prior 30 days, baseline report minus 1 month follow up report

Change in Days Drinking Heavily in 30 Days1 month

patients reported number of heavy drinking days in prior 30 days (3 or more standard sized drinks per episode for women and 4 or more standard sized drinks per episode for men), baseline report minus 1 month follow up report

Change in Motivation to Change Score1 month

Participants reported desire to change via the Change Questionnaire applied to risky alcohol use.\[1\] The Change questionnaire has a Cronbach's alpha of 0.86 when applied to alcohol use.\[2\] Minimum score is 0 (low motivation to change) to maximum 120 (high motivation to change).

1. Miller WR, Johnson WR. A natural language screening measure for motivation to change. Addictive behaviors. 2008;33(9):1177-1182.

2. Miller WR, Johnson WR. A natural language screening measure for motivation to change. Addictive Behaviors. 2008;33(9):1177-1182.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

LAC+USC Medicine Center Emergency Department

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Los Angeles, California, United States

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