Mobile Text Messaging for Health: A Systematic Review of Reviews

The aim of this systematic review of reviews is to identify mobile text-messaging interventions designed for health improvement and behavior change and to derive recommendations for practice. We have compiled and reviewed existing systematic research reviews and meta-analyses to organize and summarize the text-messaging intervention evidence base, identify best-practice recommendations based on findings from multiple reviews, and explore implications for future research. Our review found that the majority of published text-messaging interventions were effective when addressing diabetes self-management, weight loss, physical activity, smoking cessation, and medication adherence for antiretroviral therapy.…

• UO
  University of Washington

  Award: T15LM007442
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: T15LM007442, T15LM007079
• UN
  U.S. National Library of Medicine

  Awards: T15LM007442, T15LM007079