A Mobile Text Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Addiction
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
- Enrollment
- 265
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Motivation to Quit Indoor Tanning
Study Overview
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 Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 30 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •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
- •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
Arms & Interventions
Text messaging
Participants in the text messaging intervention arm receive mobile text messages communicating the risks of indoor tanning and motivating cessation on their mobile phones
Intervention: Mobile text messaging intervention (Behavioral)
Control
Participants in the control arm receive no intervention
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Motivation to Quit Indoor Tanning
Time Frame: 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.
Indoor Tanning Cessation
Time Frame: 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.
Secondary Outcomes
- Attempts to Quit Indoor Tanning(1 month follow up and 3 month follow up)