A healthy lifestyle text message intervention for adolescents: protocol for the Health4Me randomized controlled trial.

Raeside, R; Spielman, K; Maguire, S; Mihrshahi, S; Steinbeck, K; Kang, M; Laranjo, L; Hyun, K; Redfern, J; Partridge, SR; Health4Me Team,

A healthy lifestyle text message intervention for adolescents: protocol for the Health4Me randomized controlled trial.

Raeside, R Spielman, K Maguire, S Mihrshahi, S Steinbeck, K Kang, M

Laranjo, L Hyun, K Redfern, J Partridge, SR Health4Me Team,

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Citation:: BMC Public Health, 2022, 22, (1), pp. 1805
Issue Date:: 2022-09-23

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dc.contributor.author	Raeside, R
dc.contributor.author	Spielman, K
dc.contributor.author	Maguire, S
dc.contributor.author	Mihrshahi, S
dc.contributor.author	Steinbeck, K
dc.contributor.author	Kang, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-2518
dc.contributor.author	Laranjo, L
dc.contributor.author	Hyun, K
dc.contributor.author	Redfern, J
dc.contributor.author	Partridge, SR
dc.contributor.author	Health4Me Team,
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-12T02:37:17Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-14
dc.date.available	2022-10-12T02:37:17Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09-23
dc.identifier.citation	BMC Public Health, 2022, 22, (1), pp. 1805
dc.identifier.issn	1471-2458
dc.identifier.issn	1471-2458
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162503
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Adolescence presents a window of opportunity to establish good nutrition and physical activity behaviours to carry throughout the life course. Adolescents are at risk of developing cardiovascular and other chronic diseases due to poor the complex interplay of physical and mental health lifestyle risk factors. Text messaging is adolescents main form of everyday communication and text message programs offer a potential solution for support and improvement of lifestyle health behaviours. The primary aim of this study is to determine effectiveness of the Health4Me text message program to improve adolescent's physical activity or nutrition behaviours among adolescents over 6-months, compared to usual care. METHODS: Health4Me is a virtual, two-arm, single-blind randomised controlled trial, delivering a 6-month healthy lifestyle text message program with optional health counselling. Recruitment will be through digital advertising and primary care services. In total, 330 adolescents will be randomised 1:1 to intervention or control (usual care) groups. The intervention group will receive 4-5 text messages per week for 6-months. All text messages have been co-designed with adolescents. Messages promote a healthy lifestyle by providing practical information, health tips, motivation and support for behaviour change for physical activity, nutrition, mental health, body image, popular digital media and climate and planetary health. Virtual assessments will occur at baseline and 6-months assessing physical health (physical activity, nutrition, body mass index, sleep), mental health (quality of life, self-efficacy, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, eating disorder risk) and lifestyle outcomes (food insecurity and eHealth literacy). DISCUSSION: This study will determine the effectiveness of a 6-month healthy lifestyle text message intervention to improve physical activity and nutrition outcomes in adolescents. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12622000949785 , Date registered: 05/07/2022.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartof	BMC Public Health
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1186/s12889-022-14183-9
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Healthy Lifestyle
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Internet
dc.subject.mesh	Quality of Life
dc.subject.mesh	Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
dc.subject.mesh	Single-Blind Method
dc.subject.mesh	Text Messaging
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Single-Blind Method
dc.subject.mesh	Quality of Life
dc.subject.mesh	Internet
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
dc.subject.mesh	Text Messaging
dc.subject.mesh	Healthy Lifestyle
dc.title	A healthy lifestyle text message intervention for adolescents: protocol for the Health4Me randomized controlled trial.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	22
utslib.location.activity	England
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Public Health
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dc.date.updated	2022-10-12T02:36:55Z
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pubs.volume	22
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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Adolescence presents a window of opportunity to establish good nutrition and physical activity behaviours to carry throughout the life course. Adolescents are at risk of developing cardiovascular and other chronic diseases due to poor the complex interplay of physical and mental health lifestyle risk factors. Text messaging is adolescents main form of everyday communication and text message programs offer a potential solution for support and improvement of lifestyle health behaviours. The primary aim of this study is to determine effectiveness of the Health4Me text message program to improve adolescent's physical activity or nutrition behaviours among adolescents over 6-months, compared to usual care. METHODS: Health4Me is a virtual, two-arm, single-blind randomised controlled trial, delivering a 6-month healthy lifestyle text message program with optional health counselling. Recruitment will be through digital advertising and primary care services. In total, 330 adolescents will be randomised 1:1 to intervention or control (usual care) groups. The intervention group will receive 4-5 text messages per week for 6-months. All text messages have been co-designed with adolescents. Messages promote a healthy lifestyle by providing practical information, health tips, motivation and support for behaviour change for physical activity, nutrition, mental health, body image, popular digital media and climate and planetary health. Virtual assessments will occur at baseline and 6-months assessing physical health (physical activity, nutrition, body mass index, sleep), mental health (quality of life, self-efficacy, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, eating disorder risk) and lifestyle outcomes (food insecurity and eHealth literacy). DISCUSSION: This study will determine the effectiveness of a 6-month healthy lifestyle text message intervention to improve physical activity and nutrition outcomes in adolescents. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12622000949785 , Date registered: 05/07/2022.

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