Mobile Text Messaging for Health: A Systematic Review of Reviews

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Smoking cessation support for pregnant women: role of mobile technology

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The MEssaging for Diabetes Intervention Reduced Barriers to Medication Adherence Among Low-Income, Diverse Adults With Type 2

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Timely Antiviral Administration During an Influenza Pandemic: Key Components

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Comparing the Efficacy of an Identical, Tailored Smoking Cessation Intervention Delivered by Mobile Text Messaging Versus Email: Randomized Controlled Trial

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Does mHealth voice messaging work for improving knowledge and practice of maternal and newborn healthcare?

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Optimizing Text Messages to Promote Engagement With Internet Smoking Cessation Treatment: Results From a Factorial Screening Experiment

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Personalized Digital Health Communications to Increase COVID-19 Vaccination in Underserved Populations: A Double Diamond Approach to Behavioral Design

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Randomised controlled trial of stand-alone tailored emails for smoking cessation

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Identifying Mobile Health Technology Experiences and Preferences of Low-Income Pregnant Women with Diabetes

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Qualitative analysis of programmatic initiatives to text patients with mobile devices in resource-limited health systems

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Phone Messaging to Prompt Physical Activity and Social Support Among Low-Income Latino Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Pilot Study

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A text message intervention to reduce 21st birthday alcohol consumption: Evaluation of a two-group randomized controlled trial.

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A Cross-sectional Analysis of Patterns and Predictors of Medication Adherence in Bipolar Disorder: Single Center Experience from South India

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The effect of nurse-led telephone support on adherence to blood pressure control and drug treatment in individuals with primary hypertension: a randomized controlled study

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Appropriation of Mobile Health for Diabetes Self-Management: Lessons From Two Qualitative Studies

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Engaging users in the design of an mHealth, text message-based intervention to increase physical activity at a safety-net health care system

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Evaluation of a Text Messaging Intervention to Support Self-Management of Diabetes During Pregnancy Among Low-Income, Minority Women: Qualitative Study

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A randomized controlled trial of an innovative, user‐friendly, interactive smartphone app‐based lifestyle intervention for weight loss

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Developing Messaging Content for a Physical Activity Smartphone App Tailored to Low-Income Patients: User-Centered Design and Crowdsourcing Approach

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Effects of telephone support or short message service on body mass index, eating and screen time behaviours of children age 2 years: A 3‐arm randomized controlled trial

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Automated Text Messaging With Patients in Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Clinics: Cluster Randomized Trial

Yakovchenko, V., Hogan, T. P., Houston, T. K., Richardson, L. M., Lipschitz, J. M., Petrakis, B. A., Gillespie, C., & McInnes, D. K. (2019) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/14750 · Cited by 28

Effect of two counseling interventions on self-reported alcohol consumption, alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth), and viral suppression among persons living with HIV (PWH) with unhealthy alcohol use in Uganda: A randomized controlled trial

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Group cell phones are feasible and acceptable for promoting optimal breastfeeding practices in a women's microcredit program in Nigeria

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A Systematic Review on Promoting Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-infected Patients Using Mobile Phone Technology

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Efficacy of a mobile phone-based life-skills training program for substance use prevention among adolescents: study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Effectiveness of internet-delivered education and home exercise supported by behaviour change SMS on pain and function for people with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial protocol

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An Intervention to Increase Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Emergency Department Patients: Results of a Randomized Pilot Study

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Effectiveness and acceptability of a text message intervention (DTEXT) on HbA1c and self-management for people with type 2 diabetes. A randomized controlled trial

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Eating in the Amazon: Nutritional Status of the Riverine Populations and Possible Nudge Interventions

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Theoretical and methodological approaches in designing, developing, and delivering interventions for oral health behaviour change

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Motivational Text Message Intervention for Eating Disorders: A Single-Case Alternating Treatment Design Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

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Mobilizing the fourth trimester to improve population health: interventions for postpartum transitions of care

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A Scoping Review of mHealth Interventions for Secondary Prevention of Stroke: Implications for Policy and Practice

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Media and Technology Use Among Hispanics/Latinos in New York: Implications for Health Communication Programs

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A review of behavioral tailoring strategies for improving medication adherence in serious mental illness

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Protocol for the mWellcare trial: a multicentre, cluster randomised, 12-month, controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of mWellcare, an mHealth system for an integrated management of patients with hypertension and diabetes, versus enhanced usual care in India

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A New Approach to Defining and Measuring Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education Programs

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Mobile messaging with patients

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Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate internal and external validity of mobile phone–based interventions in diabetes self-management education and support

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Impact of personalized text messages from pharmacists on medication adherence in type 2 diabetes in France: A real-world, randomized, comparative study

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A pilot randomized controlled trial on the impact of text messaging check-ins and a web-based asthma action plan versus a written action plan on asthma exacerbations

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The Effects of a Mobile Wellness Intervention with Fitbit Use and Goal Setting for Workers

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Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2017 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support

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A text message intervention to support latino dementia family caregivers (CuidaTEXT): feasibility study

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Co-design and Development of EndoSMS, a Supportive Text Message Intervention for Individuals Living With Endometriosis: Mixed Methods Study

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Text message interventions for follow up of infants born to mothers positive for Chagas disease in Tucumán, Argentina: a feasibility study

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Design and rationale of the Cardiovascular Health and Text Messaging (CHAT) Study and the CHAT-Diabetes Mellitus (CHAT-DM) Study: two randomised controlled trials of text messaging to improve secondary prevention for coronary heart disease and diabetes

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The use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for managing the complications of ageing related to reduced exercise participation

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Improving health worker performance through text messaging: A mixed-methods evaluation of a pilot intervention designed to increase coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in West Nile, Uganda

Rassi, C., Gore‐Langton, G. R., Walimbwa, B. G., Strachan, C. E., King, R., Basharat, S., Christiansen-Jucht, C., Graham, K., & Gudoi, S. S. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203554 · Cited by 25

The State of Digital Interventions for Demand Generation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Considerations, Emerging Approaches, and Research Gaps

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mHealth: Mobile Technologies to Virtually Bring the Patient Into an Oncology Practice

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Effect of a Counseling Session Bolstered by Text Messaging on Self-Selected Health Behaviors in College Students: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

Sandrick, J., Tracy, D., Eliasson, A. H., Roth, A., Bartel, J. S., Simko, M., Bowman, T., Harouse-Bell, K., Kashani, M., & Vernalis, M. (2017) · JMIR mhealth and uhealth · doi:10.2196/mhealth.6638 · Cited by 24

Text Messaging (SMS) Helping Cancer Care in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment: a Pilot Study

Rico, T. M., dos Santos Machado, K., Fernandes, V. P., Madruga, S. W., Noguez, P. T., Barcelos, C. R. G., Santin, M. M., Petrarca, C. R., & Dumith, S. C. (2017) · Journal of Medical Systems · doi:10.1007/s10916-017-0831-3 · Cited by 21

Exploratory Study of Psychosocial Therapies with Text Messages to Mobile Phones in Groups of Vulnerable Immigrant Women.

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Effect of a text message intervention to reduce hazardous drinking among injured patients discharged from a trauma ward: a randomized controlled trial

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Factors Associated With Opting Out of Automated Text and Telephone Messages Among Adult Members of an Integrated Health Care System

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Technology-Delivered Adaptations of Motivational Interviewing for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases: Scoping Review

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Patterns of digital health access and use among US adults: a latent class analysis

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Avenues for Future Minority Stress and Substance Use Research among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

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REMIT: Development of a mHealth theory-based intervention to decrease heavy episodic drinking among college students

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Effects of using text message interventions for the management of musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review

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Mobile phone-based messaging for tobacco cessation in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review

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Digital health & low-value care

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Effect of a workplace mobile phone‐based instant messaging intervention on smoking cessation: a cluster‐randomized controlled trial

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Don’t Forget the Humble Text Message: 25 Years of Text Messaging in Health

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Impact of mobile health in diabetic retinopathy awareness and eye care behavior among Indigenous women

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Health- or Environment-Focused Text Messages as a Potential Strategy to Increase Plant-Based Eating among Young Adults: An Exploratory Study

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A Text Messaging Intervention to Support Latinx Family Caregivers of Individuals With Dementia (CuidaTEXT): Development and Usability Study

Perales‐Puchalt, J., Acosta-Rullán, M., Ramírez, M., Espinoza-Kissell, P., Vidoni, E. D., Niedens, M., Ellerbeck, E. F., Hinton, L., Loera, L., Ramírez, A. S., et al. (2022) · JMIR Aging · doi:10.2196/35625 · Cited by 22

Texting atopic dermatitis patients to optimize learning and eczema area and severity index scores: A pilot randomized control trial

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A Short Message Service Intervention for Improving Infant Feeding Practices in Shanghai, China: Planning, Implementation, and Process Evaluation

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Using smart‐messaging to enhance mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for cancer patients: A mixed methods proof of concept evaluation

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Effects of digital chatbot on gender attitudes and exposure to intimate partner violence among young women in South Africa

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Nicotine dependence, internalizing symptoms, mood variability and daily tobacco use among young adult smokers

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