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Mobile health messages help sustain recent weight loss.

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Shaw, RJ; Bosworth, HB; Silva, SS; Lipkus, IM; Davis, LL; Sha, RS; Johnson, CM
Published in: Am J Med
November 2013

BACKGROUND: Using regulatory focus theory, an intervention of daily weight loss-sustaining messages was developed and tested for acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy on helping people sustain weight loss. METHODS: Participants (n = 120) were randomized to a promotion, prevention, or an attention-control text message group after completion of a weight loss program. Participants completed baseline assessments, and reported their weight at 1 and 3 months postbaseline. RESULTS: Participants found the message content and intervention acceptable and valuable. A minimum of one message per day delivered at approximately 8:00 am was deemed the optimal delivery time and frequency. The sustained weight loss rate at month 3 for the control, promotion, and prevention groups was 90%, 95%, and 100%, respectively. Medium-to-large effects were observed for the promotion and prevention groups at month 1 and for prevention at month 3 relative to controls. The mean weight loss for promotion and prevention was 15 pounds, compared with 10 in the controls at month 3. CONCLUSION: A clinically significant decrease in mean weight, higher rate of sustained weight loss, and medium-to-large effects on sustained weight loss occurred in the promotion and prevention interventions. Tools such as this text message-based intervention that are constructed and guided by evidence-based content and theoretical constructs show promise in helping people sustain healthy behaviors that can lead to improved health outcomes.

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Am J Med

DOI

EISSN

1555-7162

Publication Date

November 2013

Volume

126

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1002 / 1009

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Reduction Programs
  • Weight Loss
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Text Messaging
  • Telemedicine
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Obesity
  • Middle Aged
 

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Shaw, R. J., Bosworth, H. B., Silva, S. S., Lipkus, I. M., Davis, L. L., Sha, R. S., & Johnson, C. M. (2013). Mobile health messages help sustain recent weight loss. Am J Med, 126(11), 1002–1009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.001
Shaw, Ryan J., Hayden B. Bosworth, Susan S. Silva, Isaac M. Lipkus, Linda L. Davis, Ronald S. Sha, and Constance M. Johnson. “Mobile health messages help sustain recent weight loss.Am J Med 126, no. 11 (November 2013): 1002–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.001.
Shaw RJ, Bosworth HB, Silva SS, Lipkus IM, Davis LL, Sha RS, et al. Mobile health messages help sustain recent weight loss. Am J Med. 2013 Nov;126(11):1002–9.
Shaw, Ryan J., et al. “Mobile health messages help sustain recent weight loss.Am J Med, vol. 126, no. 11, Nov. 2013, pp. 1002–09. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.001.
Shaw RJ, Bosworth HB, Silva SS, Lipkus IM, Davis LL, Sha RS, Johnson CM. Mobile health messages help sustain recent weight loss. Am J Med. 2013 Nov;126(11):1002–1009.
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Published In

Am J Med

DOI

EISSN

1555-7162

Publication Date

November 2013

Volume

126

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1002 / 1009

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Reduction Programs
  • Weight Loss
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Text Messaging
  • Telemedicine
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Obesity
  • Middle Aged