Testing the effect of text messaging cues to promote physical activity habits. A worksite-based exploratory intervention.

Autor/inn/en	Fournier, M.; D'Arripe-Longueville, F.; Radel, R.
Titel	Testing the effect of text messaging cues to promote physical activity habits. A worksite-based exploratory intervention. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Test der Wirkung von Hinweisen durch Textnachrichten zur Erhöhung der Gewohnheiten der körperlichen Aktivität. Eine arbeitsstättenbasierte Explorationsintervention.
Quelle	In: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 27 (2017) 10, S. 1157-1165 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0905-7188; 1600-0838
DOI	10.1111/sms.12730
Schlagwörter	Vergleichsuntersuchung; Beeinflussung; Aufforderung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsförderung; Bewegung (Motorische); Sportmedizin; Sportpsychologie; Sportsoziologie; Lebensführung; Mobiles Gerät; Visuelle Information
Abstract	This study aims to test the efficacy of text messaging cues (SMS) to promote physical activity (PA) habit formation in the workplace. Employees (N = 49; 28 females and 21 males, Mage = 47.5 +/- 8.29 years) were randomized into two parallel groups: a PA group enrolled in a 28-week supervised PA program and a PA+SMS group enrolled in the same PA program with text messaging cues received before their PA sessions. The exercise habit was assessed every week from self-reports on an online application. PA maintenance and several physical fitness measures were also assessed prior to and after the intervention to evaluate its general impact. Mixed model analysis of the 603 observations indicated a small but significant effect of the SMS cues on the speed at which participants engaged in PA behaviors, as the significant interaction effect revealed that the slope of the exercise habit over time was slightly steeper in the PA+SMS group (B = 0.0462, P = 0.0001) than in the PA group (B = 0.0216, P = 0.01). SMS delivery had a marginal effect on the maintenance of PA behaviors 1 year after the intervention. The results suggest that text messaging can help to form PA habits at the workplace and might facilitate long-term maintenance of PA behaviors. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2018/2