Helping women with young children meet their physical activity goals: a randomised, controlled trial of a personalised program delivered by mobile telephone text messaging

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Brief summary

This project is a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of "MobileMums": an intervention delivered predominantly by mobile telephone text messaging. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of the program on physical activity levels of women with young children, relative to a control group. We hypothesise that MobileMums will increase the amount of time women spend doing moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity each week.

Edward Burn, Alison L. Marshall, Yvette D. Miller, Adrian Barnett, Brianna S. Fjeldsoe et al. (6 authors)

BMJ Open2015-04-0112 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007226

Randomized Controlled Trial of an Improved Version of MobileMums, an Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity in Women with Young Children

Brianna S. Fjeldsoe, Yvette D. Miller, Nicholas Graves, Adrian Barnett, Alison L. Marshall

Annals of Behavioral Medicine2015-01-124 citations

10.1007/s12160-014-9675-y

Moving MobileMums forward: protocol for a larger randomized controlled trial of an improved physical activity program for women with young children.

Marshall AL, Miller YD, Graves N, Barnett AG, Fjeldsoe BS.

2013-06-196 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-13-593

Iterative development of MobileMums: a physical activity intervention for women with young children.

Fjeldsoe BS, Miller YD, O'Brien JL, Marshall AL.

2012-12-2051 citations

10.1186/1479-5868-9-151

Interventions

MobileMums begins with a one-on-one face-to-face goal-setting session with an exercise counsellor (lasting approximately 45 minutes), and is then followed by a 12-week personalised SMS program (4 to 6 SMS per week) with a brief follow-up telephone consultation with her assigned counsellor at 6 weeks. The text messages emphasise cognitive-behavioural skills such as self-efficacy, use of social support networks, and self-reward. The SMS are tailored based on the woman's exercise goal, outcome ex

MobileMums begins with a one-on-one face-to-face goal-setting session with an exercise counsellor (lasting approximately 45 minutes), and is then followed by a 12-week personalised SMS program (4 to 6 SMS per week) with a brief follow-up telephone consultation with her assigned counsellor at 6 weeks. The text messages emphasise cognitive-behavioural skills such as self-efficacy, use of social support networks, and self-reward. The SMS are tailored based on the woman's exercise goal, outcome expectancies, rewards, and also promote mum-friendly exercise opportunities in her neighbourhood. A support person nominated by the participant during the goal-setting session also receives 3 SMS per week for the duration of the program with tips on how to support the participant to reach her exercise goal.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Prevention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

To be eligible, women must: 1. Have at least one child 5 years old or under (but older than 6 weeks) 2. Live within a 31km radius of Caboolture, Queensland 3. Own a mobile telephone 4. Be able to read and understand English

Exclusion criteria

Women will be excluded if they: 1. Have received doctor's advice not to exercise 2. Are currently pregnant

Outcome results