The goal of this study is to examine the effects of framed mobile messages on young adults' beliefs about their daily Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS), intentions to take their ICS, adherence, and asthma control. College students (18-29 years) who owned a mobile phone and had a diagnosis of asthma with a prescription for an ICS will be recruited. Participants will be randomized to receive either gain- or loss-framed mobile messages three times per week for eight weeks. Outcomes including beliefs, intentions, adherence, and asthma control will be assessed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
43
Negatively Framed text messages delivered to participants three times per week for 8 weeks.
Positively Framed text messages delivered to participants three times per week for 8 weeks.
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama, United States
Changes in Asthma control
Asthma control as measured by the Asthma Control Test (minimum value=5, maximum value= 25) Questionnaire (scores of 20 and above indicate asthma control)
Time frame: Data collection at baseline, week 4, and week 8
Changes in Medication Beliefs
Medication Beliefs as measured by the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire-Specific (This scale has two sub-scales : necessity (20- points) and concerns (20 points). A difference of necessity and concern scores shows the level of perceived necessity for the medication. Higher scores indicate higher perceived necessity for the medication.
Time frame: Data collection at baseline and week 8
Intentions to take medication as prescribed
Intentions to take inhaled corticosteroids as prescribed as measured by an intentions scale (minimum score = 3, maximum score = 15; higher scores indicate greater intentions; the scale was tested in the study)
Time frame: Data collection at baseline and week 8
Changes in Medication adherence
Adherence to a daily dose of inhaled corticosteroid as measured by the Medication Adherence Report Scale for Asthma (MARS-A) (Minimum score = 10, maximum score = 50, higher scores indicate greater adherence)
Time frame: Data collection at baseline, week 4, and week 8
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