Social Media Intervention for Cannabis Use in Emerging Adults

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cannabis Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Social Media Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04187989

R34DA045712 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HUM00152202

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to develop and test social media interventions to help young people increase well-being and reduce risky behaviors. The study will help researchers learn about ways to deliver wellness information in a way that is appealing and helpful to young people who use Facebook.

Enrollment: 149 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-report using cannabis at least 3 time per week or more often in the past month
• active Facebook profile
• view and click on a social media ad

Exclusion criteria

• fail identity verification based on 1) Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, 2) survey time completion, 3) repeat attempts, 4) survey responses, and 5) photo identification via a timestamped selfie sent to the research staff.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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149 participants in 2 patient groups

Social Media Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Facebook page that will deliver health information focused on increasing well-being and reducing risky behaviors.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Social Media Intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

An Attention-Control E-News (control) condition