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The Tick App: Changing Behaviors With Educational Messaging

ConditionTick Bites
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

About this trial

The goal of this work is to evaluate the use of ecological momentary assessments as a tool to assess risk and risk factors for tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. This study will be conducted across the United States, with a focus the upper Midwest and Northeast and with a focus on Wisconsin and will enroll up to 1000 people.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Will to participate in 7 days worth of daily activity logs within the Tick App.

be able and willing to provide informed consent

Disqualifiers

Completes less than 7 days worth of daily logs or completes 7+ daily logs but not within 12 months.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Educational Materials delivered via the Tick App

    Other intervention

    Education about tick bite prevention

Treatment groups

40,000 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Tick App Educational MaterialsExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: No Educational MessagingNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Change in number of tick prevention behaviors

A goal of the intervention is to see an increase in tick prevention behaviors (tick checks and showering). To measure this, the change in number of tick prevention behaviors will be compared between groups. Data collected when participant completes 7 daily logs in app within 12 months.

Time frame
up to 12 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Change in number of self-reported tick encounters

A goal of the intervention is to see a decrease in self-reported tick encounters. To measure this, the change in number of self-reported tick encounters will be compared between groups. Data collected when participant completes 7 daily logs in app within 12 months.

Time frame
up to 12 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

Lead sponsor

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Collaborator

University of Illinois at Chicago

Collaborator

Michigan State University

Collaborator

Columbia University

Collaborator

Washington State University

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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