Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study
We conducted a text message-based intervention for weight management over three months by two months intervention and one month wash-out period. In a quasi-experimental study with control () and experimental group (), 80 overweight and obese employed women were entered. Participants were recruited v...
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| description | We conducted a text message-based intervention for weight management over three months by two months intervention and one month wash-out period. In a quasi-experimental study with control () and experimental group (), 80 overweight and obese employed women were entered. Participants were recruited via announcement. All subjects attended a face-to-face information session and received a booklet that contained food calorie chart and strategies and recommendations for weight management. The experimental group received text messages (SMS) about weight management twice a day for two months, in addition to the information and the booklet which they had received in the information session. Also, the experimental group was instructed to weekly self-weight and to send the data to the principle researcher. All subjects were measured for baseline and secondary weight in a standardized manner by a nurse, and the data were compared between the two groups. Experimental group lost more weight than the control group (1.5 kg difference, ). Text messaging seems to be an effective channel of communication for weight management in Iranian overweight and obese women. The clinical trial registration number is IRCT201204029360N1. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6f4a8d09136c4ebaa416ff78d4a7fffd2025-02-03T01:21:30ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64151687-64232013-01-01201310.1155/2013/785654785654Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot StudySomayeh Faghanipour0Eftekharalsadat Hajikazemi1Soghra Nikpour2Shabnam al-Sadat Shariatpanahi3Agha Fatemeh Hosseini4School of Nursing and Midwifery and Center for Nursing Care Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1419733171, Tehran, IranCenter for Nursing Care Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1995614111, Tehran, IranCenter for Nursing Care Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1995614111, Tehran, IranSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1419733171, Tehran, IranSchool of Health Management & Medical Information Science, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 1995614111, Tehran, IranWe conducted a text message-based intervention for weight management over three months by two months intervention and one month wash-out period. In a quasi-experimental study with control () and experimental group (), 80 overweight and obese employed women were entered. Participants were recruited via announcement. All subjects attended a face-to-face information session and received a booklet that contained food calorie chart and strategies and recommendations for weight management. The experimental group received text messages (SMS) about weight management twice a day for two months, in addition to the information and the booklet which they had received in the information session. Also, the experimental group was instructed to weekly self-weight and to send the data to the principle researcher. All subjects were measured for baseline and secondary weight in a standardized manner by a nurse, and the data were compared between the two groups. Experimental group lost more weight than the control group (1.5 kg difference, ). Text messaging seems to be an effective channel of communication for weight management in Iranian overweight and obese women. The clinical trial registration number is IRCT201204029360N1.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/785654 |
| spellingShingle | Somayeh Faghanipour Eftekharalsadat Hajikazemi Soghra Nikpour Shabnam al-Sadat Shariatpanahi Agha Fatemeh Hosseini Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications |
| title | Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | mobile phone short message service sms for weight management in iranian overweight and obese women a pilot study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/785654 |
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