N/A Completed N=66 Prevention

BabySTEPs: Supportive Texts to Empower Parents

Alcohol Drinking

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04719390 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Jan 2025

Primary outcomePrimary: MRT Feasibility — 77.05 percentage of surveys completed

Summary

This study is a pilot micro-randomized trial (MRT) that aims to establish feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary proof-of-concept of a text messaging intervention for postpartum alcohol use.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY MRT Feasibility	77.05	—
PRIMARY MRT Acceptability	2.31	—
PRIMARY Alcohol Use	16; 58; 31; 27	—
SECONDARY Maternal Self Efficacy	6.54; 6.57; 6.54; 6.61	—
SECONDARY Drinking Self-Efficacy	6.26; 6.37; 6.35; 6.39	—
SECONDARY Motivation	6.13; 6.21; 6.21; 6.20	—
SECONDARY Urge to Drink	1.94; 1.92; 1.96; 1.88	—

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

adult women ages 18-45 years who gave birth to an infant that will remain in their care
English-speaking
own a text-enabled cell phone
report a score of 2 or higher on the T-ACE alcohol risk screener AND (a) drinking weekly or more often in the past month OR (b) having 4 or more standard drinks at least monthly in the 12 months prior to becoming pregnant.

Exclusion Criteria

women age 46 years or older
women who did not recently give birth to an infant
women who gave birth to an infant but that infant is not in their care
individuals who do not speak English
women who report a score of less than 2 on the T-ACE alcohol risk screener
women who do not report either weekly or more drinking in the past month OR having 4 or more standard drinks at least monthly in the 12 months prior to becoming pregnant.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04719390). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.