Mobile phone SMS messages can enhance healthy behaviour: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Health Psychol Rev
; 9(4): 397-416, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
Healthy behaviour, such as smoking cessation and adherence to prescribed medications, mitigates illness risk factors but health behaviour change can be challenging. Mobile phone short-message service (SMS) messages are increasingly used to deliver interventions designed to enhance healthy behaviour. This meta-analysis used a random-effects model to synthesise 38 randomised controlled trials that investigated the efficacy of SMS messages to enhance healthy behaviour. Participants (N = 19,641) lived in developed and developing countries and were diverse with respect to age, ethnicity, socioeconomic background and health behaviours targeted for change. SMS messages had a small, positive, significant effect (g = 0.291) on a broad range of healthy behaviour. This effect was maximised when multiple SMS messages per day were used (g = 0.395) compared to using lower frequencies (daily, multiple per week and once-off) (g = 0.244). The low heterogeneity in this meta-analysis (I (2) = 38.619) supports reporting a summary effect size and implies that the effect of SMS messaging is robust, regardless of population characteristics or healthy behaviour targeted. SMS messaging is a simple, cost-effective intervention that can be automated and can reach any mobile phone owner. While the effect size is small, potential health benefits are well worth achieving.
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Sistemas de Alerta
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Telemedicina
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Telefone Celular
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Envio de Mensagens de Texto
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Promoção da Saúde
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Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article