Text Messaging: An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity among African American Participants in a Faith-Based, Competitive Weight Loss Program.
Text Messaging: An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity among African American Participants in a Faith-Based, Competitive Weight Loss Program.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph14040326
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发表时间：
2017-03-29
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Williams B
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McCoy P;Leggett S;Bhuiyan A;Brown D;Frye P;Williams B
非裔美国人成年人比白人成年人更不可能满足推荐的有氧和肌肉强化活动的身体活动指南。这项研究的目的是评估短信干预是否会增加这一人群的体力活动。该初步研究采用了调查前/调查后非随机设计。参加基于信仰的减肥比赛并同意参加短信的参与者被分配到干预组（n = 52）。拒绝参加干预但同意参加研究的参与者被分配到对照组（n = 30）。这些短信提供了增加身体活动的策略，并基于健康信念模型和信息-动机-行为技能模型的结构。卡方检验确定干预组参与者的运动时间增加了大约8%（p = 0.03），而对照组的运动时间保持不变。干预组增加步行和跑步。对照组增加跑步锻炼。大多数参与者表示，健康短信是有效的。这项试点研究的结果表明，短信可能是一种有效的方法，为激励个人增加体力活动提供选择。
African American adults are less likely to meet the recommended physical activity guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity than Caucasian adults. The purpose of this study was to assess whether a text message intervention would increase physical activity in this population. This pilot study used a pre-/post-questionnaire non-randomized design. Participants in a faith-based weight loss competition who agreed to participate in the text messaging were assigned to the intervention group (n = 52). Participants who declined to participate in the intervention, but agreed to participate in the study, were assigned to the control group (n = 30). The text messages provided strategies for increasing physical activity and were based on constructs of the Health Belief Model and the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model. Chi square tests determined the intervention group participants increased exercise time by approximately eight percent (p = 0.03), while the control group’s exercise time remained constant. The intervention group increased walking and running. The control group increased running. Most participants indicated that the health text messages were effective. The results of this pilot study suggest that text messaging may be an effective method for providing options for motivating individuals to increase physical activity.