Telephone vs text message counseling and physical activity among midlife and older adults

JAMA Network Open

2025-09-04

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this study of short message service (SMS) vs human phone advising, a customizable SMS system produced significant 12-month walking increases for aging Latino/a adults comparable to the significant improvements attained by participants in the human advisors group. These results provide support for such mobile health platforms, which can expand program choices for broader segments of the population.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Abby C. King, PhD, email king@stanford.edu.

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