Human Telephone vs Text Message Counseling and Physical Activity Among Midlife and Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While walking and similar physical activities provide numerous health benefits, particularly for aging inactive adults, many interventions are not accessible or relevant for all populations. Expanding the range of effective programs represents a critical goal.

Objective

To test whether counseling delivered by a customized, computer-driven short message service (SMS) system is comparable to standard human telephone counseling for increasing 12-month walking among inactive Hispanic or Latino/a adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This parallel-group randomized equivalence clinical trial enrolled adults from November 2015 to September 2017, with follow-up through October 2018. Data analysis was performed from January 2023 to December 2024. The evidence-de

SUBMITTER: King AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12411977 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature