Adaptive intervention design in mobile health: Intervention design and development in the Cell Phone Intervention for You trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, and obesity is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prominence and increasing functionality of mobile phones may provide an opportunity to deliver longitudinal and scalable weight management interventions in young adults. The aim of this article is to describe the design and development of the intervention tested in the Cell Phone Intervention for You study and to highlight the importance of adaptive intervention design that made it possible. The Cell Phone Intervention for You study was a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored, controlled, 24-month randomized clinical trial comparing two active interventions to a usual-care control group. Participants were 365 overweight or obese (bo

SUBMITTER: Lin PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4643384 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature