Clinical trial · Interventional
A Mobile Text Messaging Intervention for Indoor Tanning Addiction
NCT04055272CI-TRIAL-00060116completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of messages communicating the risks (i.e., health harms, addictiveness) of indoor tanning delivered via mobile text messaging among young adult women ages 18 to 30 years who meet screening criteria for indoor tanning addiction.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Tanning | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile text messaging intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Text messaging
- description
- Participants in the text messaging intervention arm receive mobile text messages communicating the risks of indoor tanning and motivating cessation on their mobile phones
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Mobile text messaging intervention
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Participants in the control arm receive no intervention
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Motivation to Quit Indoor Tanning
- timeFrame
- 1 month follow up
- description
- Motivation to quit is measured by participant report by a single question with a 1 to 7 response scale. Higher scores indicate greater motivation to quit and are considered better outcomes. This question is administered at 1 month follow up and at 3 month follow up.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 30 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Female * Age between 18 and 30 years * Meet self-report criteria for tanning addiction * Has access to the internet to complete study procedures * Has personal mobile phone to complete study procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Male * Age less than 18 or greater than 30 * Does not meet self-report criteria for tanning addiction * Does not have access to the internet to complete study procedures * Does not have a personal mobile phone to complete study procedures
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