ArticleBMC health services research2021
Participant perspectives of a telehealth trial investigating the use of telephone and text message support in obesity management: a qualitative evaluation.
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- Interactive Effects of Weight Recording Frequency and the Volume of Chat Communication With Health Care Professionals on Weight Loss in mHealth Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases: Retrospective Observational Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2025Article
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- Exploring the Importance of Race and Gender Concordance Between Patients and Physical Therapists in Digital Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Observational, Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Observational
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- What drives patients' acceptance of Digital Therapeutics? Establishing a new framework to measure the interplay between rational and institutional factors.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- A Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention to Manage Fatigue for People With Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, and Stroke: Development and Usability Testing.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundQuantitative evidence suggests that interventions involving telephone calls and text message are feasible and effective for improving lifestyle intervention adherence and clinical outcomes among adults with obesity. The aim of this article is to provide qualitative insight into the perspectives and experiences of participants who completed a telehealth trial exploring the use of telephone and text support as adjunctive tools to support a community-based obesity management program.
methodsFocus groups were conducted in order to evaluate program acceptability and overall participant perceptions of the clinical trial. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse the data, aided by the development of a thematic network.
resultsThe telehealth trial was well received. Participants found the telephone and text message support highly beneficial, providing encouragement, motivation and accountability via a simple and convenient mode of communication.
conclusionsThese findings suggest a high degree of promise for the incorporation of telephone and text support in obesity management.
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