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Text Messaging for Physical Activity & Healthy Eating

NCT02648360 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2016-12-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hispanics share a disproportionate burden of several of the nation's leading chronic diseases caused by poor lifestyle habits such as sedentary behavior and poor quality nutrition intake. This project will design, implement and evaluate the delivery and effectiveness of an existing health promotion text messaging program focused on increasing physical activity and improving dietary behaviors among medically underserved Hispanic patients. Adult Hispanic patients referred by their healthcare provider at a local free community health clinic will be invited to participate in the 4-month long study. Patients who agree to participate will be sent health promotion text messages and will complete a brief pre-post assessment battery. Patients who do not send an initial enrollment text (to agree to participate) will receive a follow up telephone call from the research team to encourage participation. Evaluations will consist of: (1) physician referral rates; (2) patient enrollment rates; (3) demographic differences (gender, age) in participants/non-participants; and (4) pre-post changes in levels of physical activity and quality dietary intake will be conducted. The results of this study will provide a better understanding of the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing referral-based text messaging programs among medically underserved Hispanic patients at high risk for chronic diseases.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Text Messaging

The content of the program will be delivered via 3 weekly text messages over a 4 month period of time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Stoutenberg, PhD, MSPH · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-08-31

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