Testing the Effectiveness of Behavioral Text Messages to... | NCT02787460

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Testing the Effectiveness of Behavioral Text Messages to Promote Attendance at HMRE Sessions

NCT02787460

Sponsor

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Feb 2, 2021Actual

Enrollment

1,904Actual

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Family Relations
Marriage

Interventions

Behavioral Text Messages

Countries

United States

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

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Document Section

No data available

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Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jan 2021

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Jan 2017Actual

Primary Completion Date

Apr 2020Actual

Completion Date

Apr 2020Actual

First Submitted Date

May 26, 2016

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

May 31, 2016

First Posted Date

Jun 1, 2016Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Jan 28, 2021

Last Update Posted Date

Feb 2, 2021Actual

Name	Class
Department of Health and Human Services	FED

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

The University of Florida offers relationship education programs named ELEVATE, for couples, and Smart Steps, for couples in stepfamilies, in Citrus, Duval, Manatee, Palm Beach, and Santa Rosa counties. Each workshop comprises 4 2.5-hour long sessions. The STREAMS evaluation will examine whether text messages informed by behavioral insight theory can improve couples' attendance at relationship skills education group sessions, and if so, which kinds of messages are most effective

Detailed Description

The University of Florida operates the SMART program, which will offer four relationship education programs, each targeting a different population: (1) Relationship Smarts PLUS, for high school youth; (2) Before You Tie the Knot, for couples interested in marriage; (3) ELEVATE, for couples, and (4) Smart Steps, for couples in stepfamilies. All programming is offered through the University of Florida's IFAS Extension service in Citrus, Duval, Manatee, Palm Beach, and Santa Rosa counties.

The STREAMS evaluation will test text messaging strategies with couples enrolled in ELEVATE and Smart Steps. It will examine whether text messages informed by behavioral insight theory can improve couples' attendance at relationship skills education group sessions, and if so, which kinds of messages are most effective. ACF staff have noted that among the most common technical assistance requests from HMRE grantees are help with improving participation. Even if relationship skills sessions are offered in a convenient location where adults receive other services and even if programs offer transportation, child care and other assistance to facilitate regular program attendance, achieving consistent participation in these voluntary programs can be challenging. The University of Florida study will help address these challenges by examining whether text messages based on behavioral theories can work as a simple, practical strategy for improving program participation in group sessions. More broadly, the site will also add to the large and growing effort across the federal government to study the use of behavioral interventions or "nudges" to improve social programs.

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

1,904Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Behavioral Text Messages	Experimental	Couples assigned to a treatment group will receive weekly behavioral theory-based messages encouraging them to attend the sessions.	Behavioral: Behavioral Text Messages
Simple Reminder Text Messages	No Intervention	Couples in the control group will receive "simple" reminder text messages that include the date, time, and location of their next group session

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Behavioral Text Messages	Behavioral		Behavioral Text Messages

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Attendance at programming session	Whether couple attends all 4 group programming sessions	Within 1 month of baseline

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Couple
Both partners consent to receive text messages

Exclusion Criteria:

Single Adults
Either Partner or both do not consent to receive text messages

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

Not provided

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

ChildAdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Diane Paulsell	Mathematica Policy Research	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
University of Florida		Gainesville	Florida	32611	United States

IPD Sharing Statement Module

Plan to Share IPD

Description

Not provided

Types

Not provided

Time Frame

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Access Criteria

Not provided

URL

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