An adaptive text message intervention to promote psychological well-being and reduce cardiac risk: The Text4Health controlled clinical pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a two-arm pilot trial, we examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a 12-week, adaptive text message intervention (TMI) to promote health behaviors and psychological well-being in 60 individuals with multiple cardiac risk conditions (i.e., hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and/or type 2 diabetes) and suboptimal adherence to exercise or dietary guidance.

Methods

Participants were allocated to receive the TMI or enhanced usual care (eUC). The TMI included daily adaptive text messages promoting health behaviors, twice-weekly messages to set goals and monitor progress, and monthly phone check-ins. Feasibility (primary outcome) and acceptability were measured by rates of successful text message delivery and daily participant ratings of message

SUBMITTER: Celano CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035677 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature