A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Investigators aim to test the effectiveness of a text-message-based behaivoral intervention in reducing binge drinking among young adults.

Detailed Description
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Alcohol consumption, especially in the form of heavy episodic drinking (bingeing), is common among young adults. Despite high rates of illness and injury associated with heavy episodic drinking, many young adults are not aware of the risks, few seek help for their drinking and many at-risk are not exposed to prevention-based intervention. Opportunistic screening in hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) tied to behavioral interventions has the potential to prevent future alcohol-related harm among young adults, but efficacy across outcomes has been mixed and large-scale implementation of prevention programs is low. Given the rapidly growing use of cell phone text-messaging (SMS) as a primary form of communication among young adults, SMS could be used to deliver health prevention interventions. We will recruit young adults identified in the ED with hazardous drinking behavior in a 3-arm randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that exposure to a 12-week SMS program will result in immediate (3-month) and lasting (6-, and 9-month) decreases in alcohol consumption.

Official Title
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A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults

Conditions
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Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Intoxication

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: SMS Assessments & Feedback
* Behavioral: SMS Assessments


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: AUDIT-C score 3 or more for women and 4 or more for men Exclusion Criteria: Current treatment for psychiatric disease Any prior treatment for drug or alcohol use disorder

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Control<br>No SMS dialog | |
| Active Comparator: SMS Assessments<br>Weekly post-weekend drinking outcome assessments | Behavioral: SMS Assessments<br>* Weekly post-weekend drinking outcome assessments<br>|
| Experimental: SMS Assessments & Feedback<br>Weekly pre-weekend drinking intention & post-weekend drinking outcome assessments with personalized feedback and harm-reduction support | Behavioral: SMS Assessments & Feedback<br>* Weekly pre-weekend drinking plan and post-weekend drinking outcome assessments with personlaized feedback<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timeline Follow-back Procedure |  | 30 Days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Injury Behavior Checklist |  | 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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young adults, alcohol consumption, mobile health, text message