Trial reportHealth communication2013
Delivering health information via podcast or web: media effects on psychosocial and physiological responses.
Trial report in Health communication, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Usage Metrics of Web-Based Interventions Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Information processing versus social cognitive mediators of weight loss in a podcast-delivered health intervention.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2014Trial
- Gentle Mind-A Podcast on Self-Compassion and Character Strengths to Enhance Well-Being in University Students: A Controlled Feasibility Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The effectiveness of podcasts in promoting health among young people: a scoping review.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Bone health education in individuals with spinal cord injury or disease-the Bare Bones Podcast Series: plan it, produce it, post it!Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Article
- Why time flies? The role of immersion in short video usage behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Impacts of Physical Exercise and Media Use on the Physical and Mental Health of People with Obesity: Based on the CGSS 2017 Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Podcasts Should Tailor Characteristics Such as Episode Length and Social Media Utilization for Best Audience Engagement.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Delivering Perinatal Health Information via a Voice Interactive App (SMILE): Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Linking Podcasts With Social Media to Promote Community Health and Medical Research: Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2018Article
- To Retweet or Not to Retweet: Understanding What Features of Cardiovascular Tweets Influence Their Retransmission.Journal of health communication · 2018Article
- Attracting Views and Going Viral: How Message Features and News-Sharing Channels Affect Health News Diffusion.The Journal of communication · 2015Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of mobile devices and weight loss with an intervention content analysis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2014Review
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- Podcast-driven insights into Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Impact on self-management strategies and communication.Digital healthArticle
- The impact of an educational podcast on emotional wellbeing and attitudes towards Charles Bonnet syndrome hallucinations.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyArticle
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study explored differences in psychosocial and physiological variables in response to being presented with information on weight loss through either reading text on a website or listening to the same information via podcast. Participants were randomized to receive a weight loss website (n = 20) or podcast (n = 20). Participants had skin conductance levels measured and completed questionnaire items assessing demographic characteristics, user control, novelty, and knowledge. Participants in the podcast group exhibited greater levels of physiological arousal and reported the intervention to be more novel than those in the Web group; however, the Web group reported greater user control. There was no difference in knowledge between the groups. This study presents the first step in examining the role that novelty and user control may play in two different weight-loss electronic media, as well as differences in knowledge acquisition. Future research should explore adding additional media features, such as video content, to the podcasts and websites in order to optimize fully the different mediums and to examine whether user control and novelty are potential mediators of weight loss outcomes.
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