Pilot Study of Text Message Brief Interventions for Problem Drinkers

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01180829

Enrollment

Registered

2010-08-12

Start date

2010-10-31

Completion date

2012-01-31

Last updated

2012-08-30

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Conditions

Alcohol Dependence

Brief summary

This study will provide a pilot test of two different text message interventions for problem drinkers. Participants will be recruited using a general population telephone survey. Participants in a control group (who will not receive text messages) will be compared to participants who receive one of two different types of text message packages (12 text messages sent once per week in each) - a series of personalized feedback text messages or a series of consciousness raising test messages (i.e., messages that keep the thought of cutting down on their drinking in the participants' mind). Participants in the three different conditions will be followed-up in three months time to assess changes in drinking. It is predicted that participants who receive either of the text message packages will report reduced drinking as compared to those participants in the control condition who do not receive any text messages.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPersonalized feedback text messages

A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.

BEHAVIORALConsciousness raising text messages

A series of 12 text messages, each of which consists of an item designed to get the person to think about his or her drinking

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

19 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Resident of Ontario * 19 years of age or over * Have consumed alcohol in the one month prior to the telephone survey. * A score of 8 or over on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) * Are willing to participate in follow-up at three months

Exclusion criteria

•None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of drinks in a typical week	Three months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of consumption	Three months
usual number of drinks per occasion	Three months
Frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion	three months
highest number of drinks on one occasion	3 months

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026