Health Information for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Purpose

The goal of this pilot study is to design and feasibility test a mobile phone text messaging (SMS) self-management intervention for persons with spinal cord injury (PwSCI). The project will focus on providing a 16-week text messaging intervention on the secondary health conditions of bowel/bladder management, pain, pressure injury, and psychosocial health. Our hopes are to reduce the impact of secondary health conditions (SHC) for PwSCI. The project hopes to test whether the developed self-management program will be feasible and superior to a control group. determine the feasibility and efficacy of the SMS intervention main questions the study aims to answer are: Participants will: Complete an initial assessment Participate in a 16-week text messaging program using their mobile phones Complete 4-week check-ins Complete a post assessment The main question[s] it aims to answer [is/are]: [primary hypothesis or outcome measure 1]? [primary hypothesis or outcome measure 2]? If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare [arm information] to see if [insert effects]. Participants will [describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, interventions they'll be given and use bullets if it is more than 2 items].

Condition

  • Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • 18 years of age or older - Diagnosis of SCI - At least 3 months from date of injury or illness - Identify at least one secondary health condition (pain, pressure injury, bladder/bowel dysfunction, and psychosocial distress) that impacts daily life - Live in the community - English as primary language - Ability and willingness to use their own smartphone to receive and respond to text messages for the 16-week study period - Ability and willingness to participate in two full assessments and an additional four check ins during the 16-week study period

Exclusion Criteria

  • Current admission in a hospital or in-patient rehabilitation facility

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Basic Science
Masking
Single (Participant)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Active Comparator
Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group 		A group provided 16-weeks of daily text messaging tips on four secondary health conditions (psychosocial health, bowel/bladder management, pressure injury/skin management, and pain).
  • Behavioral: Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group
    The Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group will participate in a 16-week text message intervention in which they will receive and respond to text messages focused on SHC information. Each domain or 4-week period will include text messages on one SHC (psychosocial health, bowel and bladder management, pressure injury/skin management, and pain). Every 4 weeks the domain topic will change until all 4 topics have been covered. On Mondays-Thursdays participants will receive messages that don't require a return response and on Fridays participants will receive a total of 5 messages, three that will require a short response. The overall goal is to provide daily tips to help manage SHC.
Placebo Comparator
Motivational text message group 		A group provided 16-weeks of daily motivational text messages.
  • Behavioral: Motivational text message group
    The motivational text message group will participate in a 16-week text message intervention in which the participants will receive and respond to text messages that are motivational in nature. On Mondays-Thursdays they will receive messages that don't require a return response and on Fridays participants will receive a total of 3 messages, one of those requiring a return response.

Recruiting Locations

Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri 63108

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine

Study Contact

Kerri A Morgan, PhD
314-286-1659
morgank@wustl.edu

Detailed Description

The goal of this pilot study is to build and test a mobile health (mHealth) short message service (SMS) self-management intervention for persons with spinal cord injury.