A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 25 |
| Updated: | 7/11/2015 |
| Start Date: | November 2012 |
| End Date: | December 2014 |
| Contact: | Brian Suffoletto, MD MS |
| Email: | suffbp@upmc.edu |
| Phone: | 412-647-1518 |
Investigators aim to test the effectiveness of a text-message-based behaivoral intervention
in reducing binge drinking among young adults.
in reducing binge drinking among young adults.
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.
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.
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
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