Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis
Aim: To develop and test the feasibility of using a SMS text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in patients with knee OA. Methods: 27 people (6 male, 21 female; aged 25-81 years) with knee osteoarthritis received 4 text messages per week, for 6 weeks. Telephone surveys were cond...
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| description | Aim: To develop and test the feasibility of using a SMS text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in patients with knee OA.
Methods: 27 people (6 male, 21 female; aged 25-81 years) with knee osteoarthritis received 4 text messages per week, for 6 weeks. Telephone surveys were conducted at baseline and 6 weeks to measure physical activity levels and beliefs, including self-efficacy for exercise, barriers and benefits of exercise, social support and pain. Participants completed physical activity diaries. Process evaluation included participant perceptions of the intervention and 'real-time' data on intervention fidelity (automated collection of delivery and response data) and participant engagement (text response).
Results: 648 messages were sent, 100% were accurately delivered. From baseline to 6 weeks, physical activity, self-efficacy for exercise, perceived benefits of exercise and social support significantly increased; reductions were observed in barriers to exercise and pain. Participants engaged with the intervention; 100% read the messages, 89% responded to texts requesting replies, 64% completed physical activity diaries with low attenuation (1.8% drop) by six weeks. Participants perceived messaging to be enjoyable (96%), personally relevant (85%), of appropriate frequency (100%) and duration (88%). Mobile phones, email and web were perceived to be most acceptable for health promotion compared with other forms of technology.
Conclusions: People with knee osteoarthritis can engage meaningfully with an interactive mobile phone messaging intervention over a six-week period. Health communications promoting physical activity demonstrate potential for behaviour change and positive implications for perceptions of exercise and pain; this needs to be tested in a randomised trial. Data collected in 'real-time' can be used for process evaluation to demonstrate participant engagement and intervention fidelity. |
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| spelling | nottingham-384262020-05-04T17:21:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38426/ Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis Blake, Holly Roberts, Anna L. Batt, Mark E. Moses, Jonathan P. Aim: To develop and test the feasibility of using a SMS text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in patients with knee OA. Methods: 27 people (6 male, 21 female; aged 25-81 years) with knee osteoarthritis received 4 text messages per week, for 6 weeks. Telephone surveys were conducted at baseline and 6 weeks to measure physical activity levels and beliefs, including self-efficacy for exercise, barriers and benefits of exercise, social support and pain. Participants completed physical activity diaries. Process evaluation included participant perceptions of the intervention and 'real-time' data on intervention fidelity (automated collection of delivery and response data) and participant engagement (text response). Results: 648 messages were sent, 100% were accurately delivered. From baseline to 6 weeks, physical activity, self-efficacy for exercise, perceived benefits of exercise and social support significantly increased; reductions were observed in barriers to exercise and pain. Participants engaged with the intervention; 100% read the messages, 89% responded to texts requesting replies, 64% completed physical activity diaries with low attenuation (1.8% drop) by six weeks. Participants perceived messaging to be enjoyable (96%), personally relevant (85%), of appropriate frequency (100%) and duration (88%). Mobile phones, email and web were perceived to be most acceptable for health promotion compared with other forms of technology. Conclusions: People with knee osteoarthritis can engage meaningfully with an interactive mobile phone messaging intervention over a six-week period. Health communications promoting physical activity demonstrate potential for behaviour change and positive implications for perceptions of exercise and pain; this needs to be tested in a randomised trial. Data collected in 'real-time' can be used for process evaluation to demonstrate participant engagement and intervention fidelity. ClinMed International Library 2015-11-28 Article PeerReviewed Blake, Holly, Roberts, Anna L., Batt, Mark E. and Moses, Jonathan P. (2015) Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis. International Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine, 1 (5). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2469-5718 Mobile phone Health communication Text messaging Physical activity Knee osteoarthritis http://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijsem/international-journal-of-sports-and-exercise-medicine-ijsem-1-027.php?jid=ijsem |
| spellingShingle | Mobile phone Health communication Text messaging Physical activity Knee osteoarthritis Blake, Holly Roberts, Anna L. Batt, Mark E. Moses, Jonathan P. Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| title | Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| title_full | Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| title_fullStr | Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| title_short | Motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| title_sort | motive8!: feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis |
| topic | Mobile phone Health communication Text messaging Physical activity Knee osteoarthritis |
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