Trial reportPloS one2015
An Interactive Text Message Intervention to Reduce Binge Drinking in Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial with 9-Month Outcomes.
Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01688245 (A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 66 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Text Message Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults
Who cites it
66 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.
- Toward Participatory Precision Health With Co-Designed Recommendations: Systematic Review of Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions in Adolescents and Young Adults.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Use: A Systematic Review.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour or improving health outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- A sex- and gender-based analysis of alcohol treatment intervention research involving youth: A methodological systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Text messaging interventions for reducing alcohol consumption among risky drinkers: systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Current reporting of usability and impact of mHealth interventions for substance use disorder: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Mobile Phone-Based Text Messaging to Intervene with Problem Drinking in Youth and Younger Adult Population: A Meta-Analysis.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2020Pooled it
- Mobile Health Interventions for Self-Control of Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- The Use of Mobile Apps and SMS Messaging as Physical and Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Adaptive interventions for alcohol misuse and violent behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults in the emergency department: Outcomes from a sequential multiple assignment randomized controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Automated, tailored adaptive mobile messaging to reduce alcohol consumption in help-seeking adults: A randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Trial
- A social media intervention for high-intensity drinking among emerging adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Trial
- Desire to get drunk partially mediates effects of a combined text message-based alcohol intervention for young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- A randomized pilot trial of a mobile delivered brief motivational interviewing and behavioral economic alcohol intervention for emerging adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of text message interventions with different behavior change techniques on alcohol consumption among young adults: a five-arm randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of a Text Message Intervention Promoting Seat Belt Use Among Young Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- An Enhanced SMS Text Message-Based Support and Reminder Program for Young Adults With Type 2 Diabetes (TEXT2U): Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
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- A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Patient Knowledge and Safe Use of Opioids: Results of the ED EMCAcademic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2019Trial
- The Efficacy of an Event-Specific, Text Message, Personalized Drinking Feedback Intervention.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Trial
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundBinge drinking is associated with numerous negative consequences. The prevalence and intensity of binge drinking is highest among young adults. This randomized trial tested the efficacy of a 12-week interactive text message intervention to reduce binge drinking up to 6 months after intervention completion among young adults. METHODS AND
findingsYoung adult participants (18-25 y; n = 765) drinking above the low-risk limits (AUDIT-C score >3/4 women/men), but not seeking alcohol treatment, were enrolled from 4 Emergency Departments (EDs) in Pittsburgh, PA. Participants were randomized to one of three conditions in a 2:1:1 allocation ratio: SMS Assessments + Feedback (SA+F), SMS Assessments (SA), or control. For 12 weeks, SA+F participants received texts each Thursday querying weekend drinking plans and prompting drinking limit goal commitment and each Sunday querying weekend drinking quantity. SA+F participants received tailored feedback based on their text responses. To contrast the effects of SA+F with self-monitoring, SA participants received texts on Sundays querying drinking quantity, but did not receive alcohol-specific feedback. The control arm received standard care. Follow-up outcome data collected through web-based surveys were provided by 78% of participants at 3- months, 63% at 6-months and 55% at 9-months. Multiple imputation-derived, intent-to-treat models were used for primary analysis. At 9-months, participants in the SA+F group reported greater reductions in the number of binge drinking days than participants in the control group (incident rate ratio [IRR] 0.69; 95% CI .59 to.79), lower binge drinking prevalence (odds ratio [OR] 0.52; 95% CI 0.26 to 0.98]), less drinks per drinking day (beta -.62; 95% CI -1.10 to -0.15) and lower alcohol-related injury prevalence (OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.21 to 0.88). Participants in the SA group did not reduce drinking or alcohol-related injury relative to controls. Findings were similar using complete case analyses.
conclusionsAn interactive text-message intervention was more effective than self-monitoring or controls in reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related injury prevalence up to 6 months after intervention completion. These findings, if replicated, suggest a scalable approach to help achieve sustained reductions in binge drinking and accompanying injuries among young adults.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01688245.
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