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SynthesisEpidemiologic reviews2010

Text messaging as a tool for behavior change in disease prevention and management.

Heather Cole-Lewis, Trace Kershaw

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Epidemiologic reviews, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 544 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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544citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
137.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02094846 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2012, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Effect of an Intervention Based on Cell Phones on Glycemic Control in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstituto Nacional de Salud Publica, MexicoRan2012 to 2013Enrolled88ConditionsType 2 Diabetes MellitusArmsVoice messages
NCT03394391 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

A Single-blind, Randomized, Parallel Design Study to Assess the Effectiveness of SMS Reminders in Improving ART Adherence Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Nigeria (STARTA Trial-Adolescents)

TypeinterventionalSponsorDr. Olumide ABIODUNRan2018 to 2019Enrolled212ConditionsHIV InfectionsArmsDaily ART-adherence SMS reminder, Standard Adherence Counselling/Patient experience group chat
NCT07073898 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Population Health Management Approaches to Increase Lung Cancer Screening in Community Health Centers - UG3 Pilot Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2025 to 2026Enrolled65ConditionsLung CancerArmsRepeated Text Messages (TM+), Conversational Agent (CA), Educational Video, Proactive Patient Navigation (PPN), Reactive Patient Navigation (RPN)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

544 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,250 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Randomized controlled trial testing a video-text tobacco cessation intervention among economically disadvantaged African American adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021
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484 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather Cole-LewisYale University School of Epidemiology and Public Health, PO Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA. heather.cole-lewis@yale.edu
Trace Kershaw
Yale University · US

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY HIV PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAMT32MH020031 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Trace S Kershaw · 1999 to 2026
$12.1M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH020031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mobile phone text messaging is a potentially powerful tool for behavior change because it is widely available, inexpensive, and instant. This systematic review provides an overview of behavior change interventions for disease management and prevention delivered through text messaging. Evidence on behavior change and clinical outcomes was compiled from randomized or quasi-experimental controlled trials of text message interventions published in peer-reviewed journals by June 2009. Only those interventions using text message as the primary mode of communication were included. Study quality was assessed by using a standardized measure. Seventeen articles representing 12 studies (5 disease prevention and 7 disease management) were included. Intervention length ranged from 3 months to 12 months, none had long-term follow-up, and message frequency varied. Of 9 sufficiently powered studies, 8 found evidence to support text messaging as a tool for behavior change. Effects exist across age, minority status, and nationality. Nine countries are represented in this review, but it is problematic that only one is a developing country, given potential benefits of such a widely accessible, relatively inexpensive tool for health behavior change. Methodological issues and gaps in the literature are highlighted, and recommendations for future studies are provided.

Indexed as

Disease ManagementRisk Reduction BehaviorCell PhoneHumansUser-Computer Interface

Identifiers

PMID20354039
PMCPMC3082846
OpenAlexW2108664775

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.