Text Message Interventions for Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Despite clear health benefits, many individuals fail to achieve the recommended levels of physical activity. Text message interventions to promote physical activity hold promise owing to the ubiquity of cell phones and the low expense of text message delivery.

Evidence acquisition

A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to examine the impact of text message interventions on physical activity. Searches of PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Cochrane, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases from inception to December 2017 were performed to identify studies investigating one-way text message interventionss to promote physical activity. A subset of RCTs, including an objective (accelerometer-based) physical activity outcome, were included in random-effects meta-analyses in 2

SUBMITTER: Smith DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956854 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature