NCT07386522

Health Information for Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Reaching Persons With Spinal Cord Injury With Important Health Information Through a Text-messaging Intervention: Adaptation and Pilot Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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 \[describe the main tasks participants will be asked to do, interventions they'll be given and use bullets if it is more than 2 items\].

Detailed description

The goal of this pilot study is to build and test a mobile health (mHealth) short message service (SMS) self-management intervention for persons with spinal cord injury.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Secondary Health Conditions (SHC) text message group	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.
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational text message group	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-02-05
• Primary completion: 2026-10-30
• Completion: 2026-10-30
• First posted: 2026-02-04
• Last updated: 2026-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States