Women's Perceptions of Participation in an Extended Contact Text Message-Based Weight Loss Intervention: An Explorative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extending contact with participants after the end of an initial weight loss intervention has been shown to lead to maintained weight loss and related behavioral change. Mobile phone text messaging (short message service, SMS) offers a low-cost and efficacious method to deliver extended contact. In this rapidly developing area, formative work is required to understand user perspectives of text message technology. An extended contact intervention delivered by text messages following an initial telephone-delivered weight loss intervention in breast cancer survivors provided this opportunity.

Objective

The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore women's perceptions of participation in an extended contact intervention using text messaging to support long-term we

SUBMITTER: Job JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5348617 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature