A Mobile Text Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Addiction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Indoor Tanning
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mobile text messaging intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04055272
• Lead Sponsor: Georgetown University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effects of messages communicating the risks (i.e., health harms, addictiveness) of indoor tanning delivered via mobile text messaging among young adult women ages 18 to 30 years who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction.

Detailed Description

This is a two arm randomized controlled trial to test the effects of messages communicating the risks of indoor tanning delivered via mobile text messaging as a strategy for promoting cessation among young adult women who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction. Eligible participants are young adult women ages 18 to 30 years who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction and have access to the internet and a personal mobile phone to complete study procedures. Participants will complete baseline measures and then be randomized to the study arms. The text messaging intervention exposure in the intervention arm will last for four weeks. The control arm will be given basic indoor tanning education information and will not receive any intervention. Follow up assessments capturing study outcomes will be administered at 1 month (i.e., immediately post-intervention) and three months post-intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-08-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-08-12
• Study First Posted: 2019-08-13
• Study Start: 2020-01-07
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-31
• Study Completion: 2022-03-31
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-03
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 265

Inclusion Criteria

• Female
• Age between 18 and 30 years
• Meet self-report criteria for tanning addiction
• Has access to the internet to complete study procedures
• Has personal mobile phone to complete study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

• Male
• Age less than 18 or greater than 30
• Does not meet self-report criteria for tanning addiction
• Does not have access to the internet to complete study procedures
• Does not have a personal mobile phone to complete study procedures

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Text messaging	Mobile text messaging intervention	Participants in the text messaging intervention arm receive mobile text messages communicating the risks of indoor tanning and motivating cessation on their mobile phones

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Indoor Tanning Cessation	1 month follow up	Indoor tanning cessation is measured by participant report by a single question asking if participants have stopped indoor tanning completely. Responses indicating cessation are considered better outcomes. This item is administered at 1-month follow-up and at 3 month follow up.
Motivation to Quit Indoor Tanning	1 month follow up	Motivation to quit is measured by participant report by a single question with a 1 to 7 response scale. Higher scores indicate greater motivation to quit and are considered better outcomes. This question is administered at 1 month follow up and at 3 month follow up.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attempts to Quit Indoor Tanning	1 month follow up and 3 month follow up	Attempts to quit indoor tanning are measured by participant report by a single question asking if participants have attempted to quit indoor tanning since the last assessment. Responses indicating any attempt(s) to quit are considered a better outcome. This item is administered at 1 month follow up and at 3 month follow up.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Georgetown University; 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States