Text2Plan: Exploring changes in the quantity and quality of action plans and physical activity in a text messaging intervention

Mistry, Chetan; Sweet, Shane N; Rhodes, Ryan E.; Latimer-Cheung, Amy E

doi:10.1080/08870446.2014.997731

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“…Future researchers in this area are encouraged to focus on developing mobile friendly web sites as Latinas are frequently accessing the Internet via smartphones [ 20 ]. Other aspects of smart phone technology (applications, text messaging) have been used to promote health behavior change in other groups [ 59 – 62 ] and should also be explored in this at risk target population. Such features could help drive participants to the website and improve utilization, resulting in even greater behavior change.…”

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Pasos Hacia La Salud: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered physical activity intervention for Latinas

Marcus

Hartman

Larsen

et al. 2016

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundInternet access has grown markedly in Latinos during the past decade. However, there have been no Internet-based physical activity interventions designed for Latinos, despite large disparities in lifestyle-related conditions, such as obesity and diabetes, particularly in Latina women. The current study tested the efficacy of a 6-month culturally adapted, individually tailored, Spanish-language Internet-based physical activity intervention.MethodsInactive Latinas (N = 205) were randomly assigned to the Tailored Physical Activity Internet Intervention or the Wellness Contact Control Internet Group. Participants in both groups received emails on a tapered schedule over 6 months to alert them to new content on the website. The primary outcome was minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at 6 months as measured by the 7-Day Physical Activity Recall; activity was also measured by accelerometers. Data were collected between 2011 and 2014 and analyzed in 2015 at the University of California, San Diego.ResultsIncreases in minutes/week of MVPA were significantly greater in the Intervention Group compared to the Control Group (mean difference = 50.00, SE = 9.5, p < 0.01). Increases in objectively measured MVPA were also significantly larger in the Intervention Group (mean differences = 31.0, SE = 10.7, p < .01). The Intervention Group was also significantly more likely to meet national physical activity guidelines at 6 months (OR = 3.12, 95 % CI 1.46–6.66, p < .05).ConclusionFindings from the current study suggest that this Internet-delivered individually tailored intervention successfully increased MVPA in Latinas compared to a Wellness Contact Control Internet Group.Trial registrationNCT01834287.

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Pasos Hacia La Salud: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered physical activity intervention for Latinas

Marcus

Hartman

Larsen

et al. 2016

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…Creating restrictions on exactly when to decrease sedentary behavior may actually make the execution more complicated and harder to remember because it happens so frequently. However, very few studies have tested the effects of vague plans relative to specific plans (Mistry et al, 2015;de Vet, Oenema, & Brug, 2011). Another explanation may be that the situational cues in the stem of the intention items needed to be more specific to the SBQ in order to prompt heightened recognition and activation that typically occurs during implementation intention.…”

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“…high commitment) was not surprising to see since the study assessed (but not did manipulate) students' current perceptions on sedentary behavior (Gollwitzer, 1999). It is also suggested that while specific plans may facilitate the quick and accurate identification of cues to action, vague plans allow for flexibility in the event that specific cues are not identified or missed (Mistry, Sweet, Rhodes, & Latimer-Cheung, 2015). Unlike other health behaviors (e.g.…”

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The utility of a protection motivation theory framework for understanding sedentary behavior

Wong

Gaston

DeJesus

et al. 2016

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

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“…Participants also had an opportunity to create their own text messages. Allowing for participant input into delivery of text messages is similar to other successful physical activity text message studies [ 57 , 58 , 60 ].…”

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Bilingual Text4Walking Food Service Employee Intervention Pilot Study

Buchholz¹,

Ingram²,

Wilbur³

et al. 2016

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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BackgroundHalf of all adults in the United States do not meet the level of recommended aerobic physical activity. Physical activity interventions are now being conducted in the workplace. Accessible technology, in the form of widespread usage of cell phones and text messaging, is available for promoting physical activity.ObjectiveThe purposes of this study, which was conducted in the workplace, were to determine (1) the feasibility of implementing a bilingual 12-week Text4Walking intervention and (2) the effect of the Text4Walking intervention on change in physical activity and health status in a food service employee population.MethodsBefore conducting the study reported here, the Text4Walking research team developed a database of motivational physical activity text messages in English. Because Hispanic or Latino adults compose one-quarter of all adults employed in the food service industry, the Text4Walking team translated the physical activity text messages into Spanish. This pilot study was guided by the Physical Activity Health Promotion Framework and used a 1-group 12-week pre- and posttest design with food service employees who self-reported as being sedentary. The aim of the study was to increase the number of daily steps over the baseline by 3000 steps. Three physical activity text messages were delivered weekly. In addition, participants received 3 motivational calls during the study.ResultsSPSS version 19.0 and R 3.0 were used to perform the data analysis. There were 33 employees who participated in the study (57.6% female), with a mean age of 43.7 years (SD 8.4). The study included 11 Hispanic or Latino participants, 8 of whom requested that the study be delivered in Spanish. There was a 100% retention rate in the study. At baseline, the participants walked 102 (SD 138) minutes/day (per self-report). This rate increased significantly (P=.008) to 182 (SD 219) minutes/day over the course of the study. The participants had a baseline mean of 10,416 (SD 5097) steps, which also increased significantly (P=.017) to 12,540 (SD 5149). They significantly improved their performance on their aerobic fitness test (P<.001). The participants had a baseline mean systolic blood pressure of 120 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure of 76 mm Hg, a mean body mass index of 29.29 kg/m2, and a mean waist circumference of 36.95 inches, without significant changes seen at 12 weeks.ConclusionsWe were able to conduct a motivational physical activity text messaging intervention within the workplace setting. Both physical activity and aerobic fitness improved. However, at baseline, participants were more active than they perceived themselves to be. Although there is insufficient evidence to draw strong conclusions about the study findings, it would be useful to test this physical activity text messaging intervention in a sedentary sample within a larger workplace intervention study trial conducted over a longer time frame.

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Text2Plan: Exploring changes in the quantity and quality of action plans and physical activity in a text messaging intervention

Cited by 16 publications

References 32 publications

Pasos Hacia La Salud: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered physical activity intervention for Latinas

Pasos Hacia La Salud: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered physical activity intervention for Latinas

The utility of a protection motivation theory framework for understanding sedentary behavior

Bilingual Text4Walking Food Service Employee Intervention Pilot Study

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