Use of email and telephone prompts to increase self-monitoring in a Web-based intervention: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-monitoring is a key behavior change mechanism associated with sustained health behavior change. Although Web-based interventions can offer user-friendly approaches for self-monitoring, engagement with these tools is suboptimal. Increased use could encourage, promote, and sustain behavior change.

Objective

To determine whether email prompts or email plus telephone prompts increase self-monitoring of behaviors on a website created for a multiple cancer risk reduction program.

Methods

We recruited and enrolled participants (N = 100) in a Web-based intervention during a primary care well visit at an urban primary care health center. The frequency of daily self-monitoring was tracked on the study website. Participants who tracked at least one behavior 3 or

SUBMITTER: Greaney ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3415265 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature