Mobile phone SMS messages can enhance healthy behaviour: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 397-416

  Orr, Jayne A ^a   King, Robert J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

health behaviour change; meta analysis; mobile phones; SMS; text messages

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMINDER SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

CELL PHONES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84945491639     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2015.1022847     Document Type: Review

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