Text messaging for exercise promotion in older adults from an upper-middle-income country: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Müller, Andre Matthias ^a   Khoo, Selina ^a   Morris, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Behavior maintenance; Exercise; Health behavior; Malaysia; MHealth; Mobile phone; Older adults; Physical activity; Text message

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

AGED; CELL PHONES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 85015708827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/JMIR.5235     Document Type: Article

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