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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
91
A series of 12 text messages, each of which contains one personalized feedback item about the person's drinking.
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
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Number of drinks in a typical week
Time frame: Three months
Frequency of consumption
Time frame: Three months
usual number of drinks per occasion
Time frame: Three months
Frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion
Time frame: three months
highest number of drinks on one occasion
Time frame: 3 months
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