Use and effectiveness of a video- and text-driven web-based computer-tailored intervention: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages e222-

  Walthouwer, Michel Jean Louis ^a   Oenema, Anke ^a   Lechner, Lilian ^a,b   De Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer tailoring; Delivery strategy; Educational level; Intervention use; Matching; Obesity; Web based

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84943138993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4496     Document Type: Article

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