Trial reportJournal of physical activity & health2010
Results of a randomized trial testing messages tailored to participant-selected topics among female college students: physical activity outcomes.
Trial report in Journal of physical activity & health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of computer-tailored physical activity and dietary behavior promotion programs: an update.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Prevention Needs and Target Behavior Preferences in an App-Based Addiction Prevention Program for German Vocational School Students: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Predictors of Self-Determined Module Choice in a Web-Based Computer-Tailored Diet and Physical Activity Intervention: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- A pilot study on the effects of individually tailored education for MMR vaccine-hesitant parents on MMR vaccination intention.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2013Trial
- Get the message? A scoping review of physical activity messaging.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Electronic Health Program to Empower Patients in Returning to Normal Activities After General Surgical and Gynecological Procedures: Intervention Mapping as a Useful Method for Further Development.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Impact of physical activity intervention programs on self-efficacy in youths: a systematic review.ISRN obesity · 2013Review
- eHealth program to empower patients in returning to normal activities and work after gynecological surgery: intervention mapping as a useful method for development.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundA better understanding of identifying tailoring variables would improve message design. Tailoring to a behavior that a participant selects as one they would like to work on may increase message relevance, and thus effectiveness. This trial compared 3 groups: message tailored to physical activity as a participant-selected topic (choice), message tailored to physical activity as an expert-determined topic (expert), or nontailored message (comparison).
methods408 female college students received web-delivered computer-tailored messages on physical activity. Outcomes were immediate and 1-month follow-up changes in psychosocial, goal-related, and behavioral variables related to physical activity.
resultsParticipants were predominately non-Hispanic White (73.8%). Change in self-efficacy and goal commitment at immediate follow-up and vigorous physical activity at 1-month follow-up was greater in the expert versus comparison group. Change in goal commitment at immediate follow-up was lower in the choice versus expert group. In the expert group, those choosing physical activity as their selected topic perceived the goal to be easier at immediate follow-up compared with those receiving unmatched messages.
conclusionsFindings supported tailoring to an expert-determined topic. However, based on the beneficial change in perceived goal difficulty when topics matched, future research should encourage synchrony between participant-selected topics and expert recommendations.
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