Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2016
The effect of need supportive text messages on motivation and physical activity behaviour.
Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- What Intervention Techniques Are Effective in Changing Positive Affective Variables and Physical Activity? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Text Message Interventions for Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Fostering active choice to empower behavioral change to reduce cardiovascular risk: A web-based randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Development and feasibility of a mobile phone application designed to support physically inactive employees to increase walking.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Trial
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- The Smart City Active Mobile Phone Intervention (SCAMPI) study to promote physical activity through active transportation in healthy adults: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- The Effect of Text Message-Based mHealth Interventions on Physical Activity and Weight Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Modelling the Associations Between the Physician-Patient Relationship and Patient Outcomes via Self-Determination Theory Variables in Chronic Disease Management.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Content Validation and Perceived Value of Text Messages to Promote Physical Activity Among U.S. Older Adults and Care Partners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Observational
- An umbrella review of efficacy of digital health interventions for workers.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Increasing Health Behaviors and Psychological Measures with an Adapted Version of the ACCELERATION Program.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Autonomy support in telehealth: an evolutionary concept analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- UP150 Project: A Longitudinal Analysis of Active Lifestyles in the Complex Working System.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Impact of Behavior Change Counseling Delivered via a Digital Health Tool Versus Routine Care Among Adolescents With Obesity: Pilot Randomized Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Insomnia as an Unmet Need in Patients With Chronic Hematological Cancer: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Consumer-Based Meditation App for Treatment of Sleep Disturbance.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Proscriptive Injunctions Can Elicit Greater Reactance and Lower Legitimacy Perceptions Than Prescriptive Injunctions.Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2022Article
- Development, feasibility and acceptability of a self-efficacy-enhancing smartphone application among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: single- arm pilot clinical trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Development of a Health Information Technology Tool for Behavior Change to Address Obesity and Prevent Chronic Disease Among Adolescents: Designing for Dissemination and Sustainment Using the ORBIT Model.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
- Does Motivation in Physical Education Have an Impact on Out-of-School Physical Activity over Time? A Longitudinal Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Get the message? A scoping review of physical activity messaging.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Few short messaging service (SMS) studies to support behaviour change have used a theoretical underpinning. Using a self-determination theory perspective, we explored the effects of need supportive (NS) SMS on physical activity in 65 (BMI = 24.06 kg/m(2), SD = 5.49; M = 25.76 years, SD = 10.23) insufficiently active individuals embarking on an existing exercise programme. For 10 weeks participants were randomised to an intervention group (NS) or control group (neutral). SMS were sent twice weekly, randomly, via an online SMS service. Mixed design ANCOVA and MANCOVA analyses of measures taken at baseline, mid and post intervention revealed increased levels of perceived autonomy support and psychological need satisfaction in the intervention group post intervention. Both groups reported increases in intrinsic motivation from pre to post intervention. Moderate intensity physical activity was greater in the intervention than the control group at 4-month post intervention with control group returning to baseline levels. Findings provide preliminary causal evidence to support the use of NS SMS to optimise physical activity behaviour change in individuals who are insufficiently active.
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