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Text Messages and Physical Activity Among Teens

NCT01482234 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2016-01-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether text messages can be used as a way to increase the amount of physical activity teens get each day.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TXT Me

text messages, physical activity, self determination theory, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, pedometers, walking, prompts

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Deborah Thompson, PhD · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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