Study of Mobile Phone Delivered Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
- 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
- AUDIT score 15-20
- have a mobile phone capable of receiving text messages
- age <18
- unable to consent
- language other than English or Spanish
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description mROAD mROAD 1 week of twice daily text messages modeled after SBIRT interventions
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Acceptability of Intervention to Patient 1 week percentage of patients that do not opt out of messages prior to 1 week completion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Participants Completed Assessment at 1 Month 1 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 Alcohol 1 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 Days 1 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 Score 1 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
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States