Health Information for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Part of paid clinical trials in St Louis, Missouri.

Sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine
Study ID
NCT07386522
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group — BEHAVIORAL
    The Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group will participate in a 16-week text message intervention in which they will receive and respond to text messages focused on SHC information. Each domain or 4-week period will include text messages on one SHC (psychosocial health, bowel and bladder management, pressure injury/skin management, and pain). Every 4 weeks the domain topic will change until all 4 topics have been covered. On Mondays-Thursdays participants will receive messages that don't require a return response and on Fridays participants will receive a total of 5 messages, three that will require a short response. The overall goal is to provide daily tips to help manage SHC.
  • Motivational text message group — BEHAVIORAL
    The motivational text message group will participate in a 16-week text message intervention in which the participants will receive and respond to text messages that are motivational in nature. On Mondays-Thursdays they will receive messages that don't require a return response and on Fridays participants will receive a total of 3 messages, one of those requiring a return response.

Study Details

The goal of this pilot study is to design and feasibility test a mobile phone text messaging (SMS) self-management intervention for persons with spinal cord injury (PwSCI). The project will focus on providing a 16-week text messaging intervention on the secondary health conditions of bowel/bladder management, pain, pressure injury, and psychosocial health. Our hopes are to reduce the impact of secondary health conditions (SHC) for PwSCI. The project hopes to test whether the developed self-management program will be feasible and superior to a control group. determine the feasibility and efficacy of the SMS intervention main questions the study aims to answer are: Participants will: Complete an initial assessment Participate in a 16-week text messaging program using their mobile phones Complete 4-week check-ins Complete a post assessment The main question\[s\] it aims to answer \[is/are\]: \[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 1\]? \[primary hypothesis or outcome measure 2\]? If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare \[arm information\] to see if \[insert effects\]. Participants will \[describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, interventions they'll be given and use bullets if it is more than 2 items\].

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 5, 2026
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Oct 30, 2026
Completion
Oct 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group
    A group provided 16-weeks of daily text messaging tips on four secondary health conditions (psychosocial health, bowel/bladder management, pressure injury/skin management, and pain).
  • Placebo Comparator: Motivational text message group
    A group provided 16-weeks of daily motivational text messages.

Primary Outcome Measure

The Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) [ Time Frame: Baseline, every 4 weeks during 16-week intervention and up to 2 weeks post intervention ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Washington University School of MedicineSt LouisMissouri63108-

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