ArticleNursing research and practice2015
Effectiveness of Facebook-Delivered Lifestyle Counselling and Physical Activity Self-Monitoring on Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Nursing research and practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02295761 (Promoting Overweight Adolescents Physical Activity and Adherence to Healthy Lifestyles), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Promoting Overweight Adolescents Physical Activity and Adherence to Healthy Lifestyles: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Tools' Effectiveness on Physical Activity Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: Umbrella Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials assessing the effect of digital tools on step count and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in healthy children and adolescents.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Use and Effectiveness of Social-Media-Delivered Weight Loss Interventions among Teenagers and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The Acceptability, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of Wearable Activity Trackers for Increasing Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of interventions based on regular physical activity on weight management in adolescents: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of media-assisted therapeutic approaches on physical activity of obese adults: a systematic review.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to change the behaviour of health professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight reduction in children and adults with overweight or obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
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- Behavior Change Techniques in Physical Activity Interventions Targeting Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Using patient-reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of social media networking programs for people living with overweight and obesity to adopt a healthier lifestyle.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of Facebook as a social network intervention to increase physical activity in Chinese young adults.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Social Media-Based Interventions for the Promotion of Physical Activity: Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- APOLO-Teens, a web-based intervention for treatment-seeking adolescents with overweight or obesity: study protocol and baseline characterization of a Portuguese sample.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Pilot Trial of an Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Adolescents.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2019Article
- Women's Use of Social Media: What Is the Evidence About Their Impact on Weight Management and Body Image?Current obesity reports · 2019Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background. The aim was to evaluate the effects of a 12-week, Facebook-delivered lifestyle counselling intervention, with or without physical activity self-monitoring, on physical activity and body mass index (BMI) in overweight and obese 13-16-year-old adolescents. Methods. Three-arm randomized controlled trial. Participants (n = 46) were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups: one group received Facebook-delivered lifestyle counselling and monitoring of their physical activity (Fb + Act, n = 15), whereas a second experimental group received the same Facebook-delivered lifestyle counselling without self-monitoring (Fb, n = 16) and a third group served as the control group (n = 15). Objective and self-reported physical activity assessment were used. Nonparametric statistical tests were used. Results. There were no significant intervention effects in terms of changes in physical activity levels or BMI from baseline to the 12-week postintervention measurements between the intervention and control groups. The Fb + Act group had lower sedentary time on weekdays compared to the control group during postintervention measurements (p = 0.021), but there was no interaction between time and group. Conclusions. Interventions were not effective at increasing physical activity in overweight and obese adolescents. Before implementing such interventions, more evaluations on their effectiveness are needed. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02295761 (2014-11-17).
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