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标题：Text Messaging to Motivate Exercise Among Latino Adults at Risk for Vascular Disease: A Pilot Study, 2013
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作者：Tracie C. Collins ; Frank Dong ; Elizabeth Ablah 等
期刊名称：Preventing Chronic Disease
印刷版ISSN：1545-1151
出版年度：2014
卷号：11
页码：1-7
DOI：10.5888/pcd11.140219
出版社：Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
摘要：In 2013, we administered a 15-item survey to determine the extent of text message usage among Latino adults in Kansas; for a subset of the survey participants, we also conducted a 6-week pilot trial to determine the effect of text messaging on exercise behaviors. Among the 82 survey participants, 78% had unlimited text messaging. At baseline, all trial participants were at the stage of contemplation; at 6 weeks, one (9%) trial participant remained at the contemplation stage and the other 10 (91%) participants progressed to the action/maintenance/termination stage. Use of text messaging to motivate exercise is feasible and potentially efficacious among Latinos.