Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2016
Engineering Online and In-Person Social Networks for Physical Activity: A Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016. 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 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
WalkLink:Internet-based Walking Program for Cardiovascular Disease Risk-Reduction
AYA-UNITE (Utilizing Novel Information Technology to Promote Exercise and Well-Being)
Feasibility and Effectiveness of WhatsApp Online Group on Breastfeeding by Peer Counsellors.
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social media-based interventions for adults with obesity and overweight: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Your Personal Motivator is with You: A Systematic Review of Mobile Phone Applications Aiming at Increasing Physical Activity.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Harnessing technology and gamification to increase adult physical activity: a cluster randomized controlled trial of the Columbia Moves pilot.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Feasibility and effectiveness of WhatsApp online group on breastfeeding by peer counsellors: a single-blinded, open-label pilot randomized controlled study.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Trial
- Association Between Physical Activity and Suicidal Ideation: The Moderating Effect of Self-Rated Health Status.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Friend Social Network Size Moderates the Association Between Age and Physical Activity Across Adulthood.International journal of exercise science · 2024Article
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- Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Older Adults to Optimize Health-Promoting Lifestyle: An Intervention Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Physical Activity and Social Support to Promote a Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Older Adults: An Intervention Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Designing physical activity interventions for women aged 50+: a qualitative study of participant perspectives.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online WhatsApp Support Group on Breastfeeding: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- The Association between Gender and Physical Activity Was Partially Mediated by Social Network Size during COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- 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
- Effectiveness of WhatsApp online group discussion for smoking relapse prevention: protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Article
- Mediating Role of Acculturation and Lifestyle Behaviors on Cardiometabolic Risk Among a National Sample of U.S. Asian Indians.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Effects of Bluetooth-Enabled Desk Ellipticals on Office Work Performance: Rationale, Design, and Protocol for a Randomized Trial With Overweight and Obese Adults.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Feasibility and efficacy of a novel technology-based approach to harness social networks for weight loss: the NETworks pilot randomized controlled trial.Obesity science & practice · 2019Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSocial networks can influence physical activity, but little is known about how best to engineer online and in-person social networks to increase activity. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to conduct a randomized trial based on the Social Networks for Activity Promotion model to assess the incremental contributions of different procedures for building social networks on objectively measured outcomes.
methodsPhysically inactive adults (n = 308, age, 50.3 (SD = 8.3) years, 38.3 % male, 83.4 % overweight/obese) were randomized to one of three groups. The Promotion group evaluated the effects of weekly emailed tips emphasizing social network interactions for walking (e.g., encouragement, informational support); the Activity group evaluated the incremental effect of adding an evidence-based online fitness walking intervention to the weekly tips; and the Social Networks group evaluated the additional incremental effect of providing access to an online networking site for walking as well as prompting walking/activity across diverse settings. The primary outcome was mean change in accelerometer-measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), assessed at 3 and 9 months from baseline.
resultsParticipants increased their MVPA by 21.0 min/week, 95 % CI [5.9, 36.1], p = .005, at 3 months, and this change was sustained at 9 months, with no between-group differences.
conclusionsAlthough the structure of procedures for targeting social networks varied across intervention groups, the functional effect of these procedures on physical activity was similar. Future research should evaluate if more powerful reinforcers improve the effects of social network interventions. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: The trial was registered with the ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01142804).
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