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N/A N=66 Prevention

BabySTEPs: Supportive Texts to Empower Parents

Alcohol Drinking

Enrolled (actual)
66
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: MRT Feasibility — 77.05 percentage of surveys completed

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Text Message (Behavioral)
Age
Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
Female
Sponsor
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Primary completion
Jun 2024

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-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

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.

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.

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