Human Telephone vs Text Message Counseling and Physical Activity Among Midlife and Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Abby C King^1,2, Maria Ines Campero¹, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa¹, Dulce Garcia¹, Cecilia Corral³, Cynthia Castro Sweet^2,4, Lan Xiao¹, Michael F Royer², Astrid Zamora¹, Ana L Cortes^2,5, Monica Done^2,6, Jorge A Banda⁷

¹Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

²Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

³CareMessage, San Francisco, California.

⁴Now with Hinge Health, San Francisco, California.

⁵Now with Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

⁶Now with Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

⁷College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: While walking and similar physical activities provide numerous health benefits, particularly for aging inactive adults, many interventions are not accessible or relevant for all populations. Expanding the range of effective programs represents a critical goal. OBJECTIVE: To test whether counseling delivered by a customized, computer-driven short message service (SMS) system is compara…

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