ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2020
Use of text messages to increase positive affect and promote physical activity in patients with heart disease: The Promoting Activity in Cardiac Patients via Text Messages (PACT) pilot study.
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- Mobile phone text messaging for medication adherence in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions on Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity Among Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- An Adaptive, Algorithm-based Text Message Intervention to Promote Health Behavior Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes: Treatment Development and Proof-of-Concept Trial.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2023Trial
- Leveraging context-specific behavioral economic principles to enable patients to change their physical activity patterns.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- A text message intervention to promote physical activity in midlife: The MASTERY randomized pilot trial.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Article
- Association of Depressive Symptom Trajectory With Physical Activity Collected by mHealth Devices in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study: Cohort Study.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Positive Psychology Interventions in Medical Populations: Critical Issues in Intervention Development, Testing, and Implementation.Affective science · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Mindfulness and Positive Strengthening mHealth Interventions for the Promotion of Subjective Emotional Wellbeing and Management of Self-Efficacy for Chronic Cardiac Diseases.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Development and Initial Testing of a Personalized, Adaptive, and Socially Focused Web Tool to Support Physical Activity Among Women in Midlife: Multidisciplinary and User-Centered Design Approach.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A phone and text message intervention to improve physical activity in midlife: initial feasibility testing.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Promoting physical activity through text messages: the impact of attitude and goal priority messages.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Adherence to physical activity in patients with serious heart disease is critical to recovery and survival. In-person programs to promote activity in cardiac patients have been poorly attended, and increasingly patients are focused on mobile, self-management-based approaches to health. Accordingly, we completed a one-arm trial of a novel one-way 14-day text message intervention among 40 patients with a prior acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The two-pronged psychological-behavioral intervention alternated daily messages focused on promoting psychological well-being with messages providing specific education/advice regarding physical activity. All messages were successfully transmitted, and nearly all participants found the intervention to be helpful (n=37; 92.5%) and performed at least one specific health-related action in response to a text message (n=35; 87.5%). Post-intervention, participants had improvements in happiness (Cohen's
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