Fit24, a digital health intervention to reduce type 2 diabetes risk among Hispanic youth: Protocol for a feasibility pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor physical activity (PA) and sleep behaviors in Hispanic adolescents contributes to increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Commonly owned digital devices and services like smartphones and text-messaging are highly used among adolescents and are promising intervention tools for reaching this age group. Personal activity trackers assess activity and sleep, making them ideal tools for addressing these behaviors. We propose to examine the feasibility of a 12-week intervention that uses theoretically grounded text messages and a Fitbit device to improve PA and sleep among Hispanic adolescents with obesity, as compared to a wait-list control group with a Fitbit device only.

Methods

Participants (N = 48; 14-16 years) will be randomized (1:1) to the intervention or wait-l

SUBMITTER: Soltero EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10065958 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature