Evaluate Health Coaching Support in Technology-based Interventions for Meeting Health Goals

VA Office of Research and Development

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Disease Prevention

Treatments

Behavioral: Text message

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT04021472

PEX 19-002

PEC 15-470 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This was a pilot evaluation conducted to test procedures for a possible future trial and provide preliminary insights regarding whether text messages sent to Veterans could help support nutrition and/or physical activity health goals. For the purposes of the pilot, the goal was to enroll one participant.

Full description

The investigators prepared procedures for a one-group pilot intended to evaluate the delivery of automated text messages to Veterans. Completion of this pilot will provide preliminary insights regarding the delivering automated text messages focused on nutrition and/or physical activity health goals, and potential impacts on outcomes like self-efficacy, goal commitment, and health confidence.

Enrollment

1 patient

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patient at designated VA site
Ownership of a cellular phone
Over age 18
Pre-screened by their primary care physician for study inclusion for medical contraindication to physical activity and diet change

Exclusion criteria

Patient outside designated VA site
Non-ownership of a cellular phone
Under age 18
Not pre-screened by their primary care physician for study inclusion for medical contraindication to physical activity and diet change or deemed ineligible to participate by primary care physician