Brief Interventions With Text Messaging to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use

Yale University10 enrolled

Overview

This study tests the feasibility of an intervention to prevent risky alcohol or marijuana use that adds a 4-week course of tailored text messaging to a brief motivational intervention for 13-18-year-old adolescents.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking Marijuana

Interventions

Text Messaging and Brief Negotiation InterviewBEHAVIORAL

An in-person brief motivational intervention coupled with 4 weeks of motivational text messages

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 13 to 18 years old * Able to provide consent or assent and parental permission * have a functioning cell phone without pay-as-you-go text messaging Exclusion Criteria: * currently enrolled in any substance abuse program; * have medical/psychiatric condition that precludes participation

Locations (1)

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Enrollment

Number of participants per month that enroll in the study

Time frame: Baseline

Retention

% of enrolled participants that complete the 4-week follow up assessments

Time frame: 4 weeks

Satisfaction

Participant's rating of how much they like the intervention (Likert scale)

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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