Text Messaging to Motivate Exercise Among Latino Adults at Risk for Vascular Disease: A Pilot Study, 2013

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Collins, Tracie C. ; Dong, Frank ; Ablah, Elizabeth ; Parra-Medina, Deborah ; Cupertino, Paula ; Rogers, Nicole ; Ahlers-Schmidt, Carolyn R.
• Description:
  In 2013, we administered a 15-item survey to determine the extent of text message usage among Latino adults in Kansas; for a subset of the survey participants, we also conducted a 6-week pilot trial to determine the effect of text messaging on exercise behaviors. Among the 82 survey participants, 78% had unlimited text messaging. At baseline, all trial participants were at the stage of contemplation; at 6 weeks, one (9%) trial participant remained at the contemplation stage and the other 10 (91%) participants progressed to the action/maintenance/termination stage. Use of text messaging to motivate exercise is feasible and potentially efficacious among Latinos.
• Subjects:
  • Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 11.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140219
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/26026/cdc_26026_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 220.56 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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