ICIQ, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
University Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
ICIQ, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
University Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
ICIQ, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
ICIQ, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
ICIQ, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
ICIQ, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avenida Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
Departamento de Química Bioorgánica, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG), CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: d.monterrey@csic.es.
Departamento de Química Bioorgánica, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG), CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: ivan.ayuso-fernandez@nmbu.no.
Departamento de Química Bioorgánica, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG), CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: isabel.oroz-guinea@uni-graz.at.
Departamento de Química Bioorgánica, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (IQOG), CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: eduardo.junceda@csic.es.
Text messaging is a promising family-centered intervention to promote health and prevent illness among children. Little is known about the effectiveness of texting parents of children with chronic con...
This "From the Field" article reports on the Text4Dad text messaging intervention designed to engage fathers in home visiting. We introduce implementation process components from our pilot study acros...
Three Fatherhood Community Health Workers (F-CHWs) and three fathers from one Text4Dad site were interviewed. Using content analysis, we examined the experiences of F-CHWs who implemented Text4Dad and...
Results highlighted five implementation process components related to: (1) F-CHWs' use of Text4Dad and enrolling fathers; (2) F-CHWs' interactions with fathers, perceptions of Text4Dad content, and in...
The F-CHWs were able to successfully enroll fathers into Text4Dad. F-CHWs and fathers found Text4Dad content acceptable to their circumstances. Text4Dad technology was viewed as usable, with some limi...
As hospitals shift away from pagers and towards secure text messaging systems (STMS), limited research exists on the drawbacks of such systems. Preliminary data show that introduction of STMS can lead...
This study aimed to investigate residents' and nurses' experiences with STMS at a quaternary care children's hospital....
This was a qualitative study with focus groups....
Participants were pediatric residents and nurses at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital....
Focus groups were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded by 2 independent coders. Codes were discussed until consensus was reached....
Data was analyzed through a thematic, descriptive content analysis approach. Themes were developed alongside a framework of teamwork, patient safety, and clinician well-being....
Three resident focus groups (n = 14) and three nurse focus groups (n = 21) were held. Six themes were identified: (1) STMS can facilitate teamwork through multiple communication modalities and technol...
Use of STMS in the hospital setting has many advantages as well as drawbacks. With appropriate guidelines and training designed to mitigate the drawbacks, STMS have the potential to be valuable means ...
Given that depression is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses, developing effective and unobtrusive diagnosis tools is of great importance. Recent work that screens for depression with text mess...
Electronic cigarettes are the most widely used tobacco product among youth in the United States. Although rapidly growing, research on effective message strategies for e-cigarette use prevention is st...
Intuitive eating (IE) is a concept based on mind-body integration of instinct, emotion and rational thought, to improve eating behaviours, physical and mental health. Several attempts were developed t...
The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a 5-week text message-based IE intervention on IE, while correcting for perceived stress (PS) and self-compassion (SC)....
A randomised controlled trial....
Online, in Lebanon....
Adults (...
Results indicated improvements in IE scores in the two intervention groups (...
Text-messaging interventions might be efficient in enhancing IE. Results shed light on the need for further large-scale interventions that use visual aids and provide practical guidance to teach IE, w...
Text messages represent a simple and scalable strategy to provide self-management to people with low back pain (LBP), yet their usefulness is unknown....
To assess the usefulness, delivery format, behaviour-change ability and potential for the TEXT4myBACK intervention to be scaled-up....
Qualitative study nested within a randomised controlled trial....
64 participants of the TEXT4myBACK trial randomised to the intervention arm were invited to participate in online sessions. Participants provided feedback about the text messages received. Online sess...
Of the 64 invited, 10 people participated in the sessions and thematic saturation was reached. The following themes were identified: intervention's format, barriers and facilitators for behaviour-chan...
The TEXT4myBACK intervention was useful and well-accepted. It provided reminders and supported increases in physical activity. Participants provided suggestions for the intervention to be scaled-up....
To describe a tobacco cessation intervention using personalized mobile phone text messages based on behaviour change theory and to assess why the intervention was effective....
We conducted a two-arm, double-blind, randomized controlled trial in five cities in China from April to July 2021. We recruited daily or weekly smokers aged 18 years or older. The 90-day intervention ...
We randomly assigned 722 participants to intervention or control groups. Biochemically verified continuous abstinence at 6 months was 6.9% (25/360) in the intervention group and 3.0% (11/362) in the c...
The study confirmed the psychological determinants of long-term abstinence from smoking and provided a framework to explore why such an intervention is effective. This approach may be applicable to th...
This randomized clinical trial tested the efficacy of a 6-week text message program to reduce texting while driving (TWD) for young adults....
Eligible individuals recruited from four emergency departments from December 2019 to June 2021 were aged 18-25 years who reported TWD in the past 2 weeks. Participants were randomly assigned 1:1 to in...
The mean (SD) age was 21.7 (2.1) years, 73 (65%) were female, and 40 (36%) were White. The 6-week follow-up rate was 77.7% (n = 87) and 12-week follow-up rate was 64.3% (n = 72). At 6 weeks, 52.6% (95...
An interactive text message intervention was more effective at reducing self-reported TWD among young adults than assessment control at 12 weeks....
When a person dies by suicide, it takes a reverberating emotional, physical, and economic toll on families and communities. The widespread use of social media among youth and adolescents, disclosures ...
The Mind4Health intervention was a multi-phase, single-arm, pre-and post-test study of users enrolled in the intervention that is available via text message (SMS) or via a 90 min online, self-paced tr...
From 2022 to 2024, 280 people enrolled in the Mind4Health SMS training, and 250 completed the 8-week intervention. Many messages in the sequence were multi-part text messages and over 21,500 messages ...
