Effects of Framing on Medication Beliefs, Intentions to Take Medication, Adherence, and Asthma Control

Auburn University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: Negatively Framed text messages; Behavioral: Positively Framed text messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06033313

19-221

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to examine the effects of framed mobile messages on young adults' beliefs about their daily Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS), intentions to take their ICS, adherence, and asthma control. College students (18-29 years) who owned a mobile phone and had a diagnosis of asthma with a prescription for an ICS will be recruited. Participants will be randomized to receive either gain- or loss-framed mobile messages three times per week for eight weeks. Outcomes including beliefs, intentions, adherence, and asthma control will be assessed.

Enrollment: 43 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A diagnosis of asthma
• A prescription for an inhaled corticosteroid
• Enrolled in college
• Between 18-29 years of age
• Owns a mobile phone

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot read in english

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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43 participants in 2 patient groups

Positively framed text messages

Experimental group

Description:

Positively framed text messages

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positively Framed text messages

Negatively frame text messages

Experimental group

Description:

Negatively framed text messages

Treatment:

Behavioral: Negatively Framed text messages