Text messaging to motivate exercise among latino adults at risk for vascular disease: A pilot study, 2013

Tracie C. Collins; Frank Dong; Elizabeth Ablah; Deborah Parra-Medina; Paula Cupertino; Nicole Rogers; Carolyn R. Ahlers-Schmidt

doi:10.5888/pcd11.140219

Text messaging to motivate exercise among latino adults at risk for vascular disease: A pilot study, 2013

Tracie C. Collins, Frank Dong, Elizabeth Ablah, Deborah Parra-Medina, Paula Cupertino, Nicole Rogers, Carolyn R. Ahlers-Schmidt

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	140219
Journal	Preventing Chronic Disease
Volume	11
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140219
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

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Collins, T. C., Dong, F., Ablah, E., Parra-Medina, D., Cupertino, P., Rogers, N., & Ahlers-Schmidt, C. R. (2014). Text messaging to motivate exercise among latino adults at risk for vascular disease: A pilot study, 2013. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11(10), [140219]. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140219

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