Efficacy of Automated Text Messaging Services

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test automated text messaging as an effective behavior change intervention in physical therapy patients. The main purpose of this study was to trial sleep hygiene education for improving physical therapy patients' sleep through the use of daily automated text messaging. Researchers will compare two groups to see if the intervention group which consisted of participants getting daily automated text messages for sleep hygiene tips would be effective in improving sleep, health, pain, and function compared to a group that is receiving traditional physical therapy alone.

Clinical Trial Description

Participants will be recruited from the outpatient physical therapy clinic verbally by their therapist and by an informational handout they receive from the therapist. The student researcher (who also works at this clinic) will then contact the participant to set up a time to complete the initial survey questions at the clinic in a private treatment room. During the initial visit, participants will read through and sign informed consent explaining the procedures and expectations of them during the study. The participants will then complete the following questionnaires: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Sleep Hygiene Index, Medical Outcome Survey-sleep 9, Perceived Stress Scale, Numeric Pain Rating Scale, and Patient Specific Functional Scale. The participants will randomly be assigned to one of two groups. The intervention group will receive daily automated text messages scheduled for 8:00 pm every evening. The text messages will include a variety of sleep hygiene behavioral tips for the participant to try. This will last for a total of four weeks. The control group will not receive any intervention during this time frame. Following the four weeks, student researchers will return to each participant's clinic to collect the same data that was collected at the initial visit. Each participant will have a total of 2 sessions to complete with each session taking approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05621265
Study type	Interventional
Source	Black Hills State University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	October 1, 2021
Completion date	May 1, 2022

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