Social Media Intervention - Physical Activity

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cannabis Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Verdi plus PA Social Media Group; Behavioral: Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04901910

HUM00195927

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 us learn about ways to deliver wellness information in a way that is appealing and helpful to young people that use social media.

Eligible participants will be enrolled after baseline survey is completed. Participants will be involved with the secret social media group they are assigned to for 8 weeks. In addition, surveys will be completed at various times during and after the 8 week social media group.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-report using cannabis at least 3 times per week or more often in the past month
• active Facebook profile

Exclusion criteria

• participants who cannot read English will be informally excluded

• if participants fail identity verification based on:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
  • survey time completion
  • repeat attempts
  • survey responses
  • photo identification from a time stamped self picture sent to the research team

• cannot safely engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity [assessed at screening]

• participated in previous Project Verdi waves

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group

Experimental group

Description:

This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant focused on health and well-being.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical Activity (PA) Social Media Group

Verdi plus PA Social Media Group

Experimental group

Description:

This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant focused on health and well-being.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Verdi plus PA Social Media Group

Attention-Control condition Social Media Group

No Intervention group

Description:

This will be an 8 week Social Media Group available to the participant with social media topics.