Enhancement of care through self-monitoring and tailored feedback via text messaging and their use in the treatment of childhood overweight

• Verfasst von: Bauer, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: De Niet, Judith [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Timman, Reinier [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kordy, Hans [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Enhancement of care through self-monitoring and tailored feedback via text messaging and their use in the treatment of childhood overweight
• Verf.angabe: Stephanie Bauer, Judith de Niet, Reinier Timman, Hans Kordy
• E-Jahr: 2010
• Jahr: 18 March 2010
• Umfang: 5 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 08.12.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Patient education and counseling
• Ort Quelle: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1983
• Jahr Quelle: 2010
• Band/Heft Quelle: 79(2010), 3, Seite 315-319
• ISSN Quelle: 1873-5134
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.03.014
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Body Mass Index
• Sach-SW: Child
• Sach-SW: Child Welfare
• Sach-SW: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Sach-SW: Exercise
• Sach-SW: Feasibility Studies
• Sach-SW: Feedback, Psychological
• Sach-SW: Feeding Behavior
• Sach-SW: Female
• Sach-SW: Health Behavior
• Sach-SW: Health Status Indicators
• Sach-SW: Humans
• Sach-SW: Internet
• Sach-SW: Male
• Sach-SW: Motor Activity
• Sach-SW: Nutrition Surveys
• Sach-SW: Overweight
• Sach-SW: Patient Education as Topic
• Sach-SW: Program Development
• Sach-SW: Program Evaluation
• Sach-SW: Self Care
• K10plus-PPN: 1826646744

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This paper first illustrates the general potential of the short message service (SMS) for symptom and behavior monitoring and the provision of tailored feedback. Second, an SMS-based maintenance treatment (SMSMT) is introduced aimed at enhancing the treatment of childhood overweight. - METHODS: After a 12-week cognitive behavioral group treatment (CBGT), 40 children were assigned to the SMSMT for a period of 36 weeks. Children were asked to send weekly self-monitoring data on eating behavior, exercise behavior, and emotions and received tailored feedback. The adherence to SMSMT and changes in Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Scores (BMI-SDS) during the first and second treatment phase were analysed. - RESULTS: Children (mean age=10.05, SD=1.28) submitted 67% of the weekly SMS that they were expected to send in. During CBGT a significant reduction by 0.20 BMI-SDS was observed. The reduction by 0.07 BMI-SDS during the SMSMT did not reach statistical significance. - CONCLUSION: The results support the feasibility of SMSMT in the treatment of childhood overweight. The efficacy of the intervention needs to be demonstrated in an RCT. - PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: SMSMT is a promising intervention that may extend the reach of treatment centers for childhood overweight at reasonable cost and effort.