{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2107746616","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458212442422","title":"Short message service (SMS) text messaging as an intervention medium for weight loss: A literature review","display_name":"Short message service (SMS) text messaging as an intervention medium for weight loss: A literature review","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2107746616","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458212442422","mag":"2107746616","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23257055"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/1460458212442422","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458212442422","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S201800618","display_name":"Health Informatics Journal","issn_l":"1460-4582","issn":["1460-4582","1741-2811"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Health Informatics Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"review","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003038228","display_name":"Ryan J. Shaw","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6800-6503"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170897317","display_name":"Duke University","ror":"https://ror.org/00py81415","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170897317"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ryan Shaw","raw_affiliation_strings":["Duke University, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Duke University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170897317"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023880478","display_name":"Hayden B. Bosworth","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6188-9825"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170897317","display_name":"Duke University","ror":"https://ror.org/00py81415","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170897317"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210139568","display_name":"Durham VA Medical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/034adnw64","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1322918889","https://openalex.org/I2799886695","https://openalex.org/I4210119589","https://openalex.org/I4210139568","https://openalex.org/I4210159720"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hayden Bosworth","raw_affiliation_strings":["Duke University; Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA","Duke University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Duke University; Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210139568","https://openalex.org/I170897317"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Duke University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170897317"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":1500,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1500},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":32.4852,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":142,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99728181,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"18","issue":"4","first_page":"235","last_page":"250"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11446","display_name":"Mobile Health and mHealth Applications","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11446","display_name":"Mobile Health and mHealth Applications","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12060","display_name":"Child Development and Digital Technology","score":0.9890000224113464,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10803","display_name":"Innovative Human-Technology Interaction","score":0.9753000140190125,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/short-message-service","display_name":"Short Message Service","score":0.8768000602722168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overweight","display_name":"Overweight","score":0.7150726318359375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/intervention","display_name":"Intervention (counseling)","score":0.7150469422340393},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/text-messaging","display_name":"Text messaging","score":0.6542918682098389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/weight-loss","display_name":"Weight loss","score":0.6522386074066162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/text-message","display_name":"Text message","score":0.6161065101623535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service","display_name":"Service (business)","score":0.47810643911361694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.4364060163497925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.378385066986084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/obesity","display_name":"Obesity","score":0.35319072008132935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.3448227643966675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-privacy","display_name":"Internet privacy","score":0.33632296323776245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nursing","display_name":"Nursing","score":0.1633644998073578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.13081330060958862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.09495067596435547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.06557002663612366}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74558129","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43024","display_name":"Short Message Service","level":2,"score":0.8768000602722168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332428","display_name":"Overweight","level":3,"score":0.7150726318359375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780665704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959298","display_name":"Intervention (counseling)","level":2,"score":0.7150469422340393},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018949938","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17166101","display_name":"Text messaging","level":2,"score":0.6542918682098389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544821477","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718113","display_name":"Weight loss","level":3,"score":0.6522386074066162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2983939019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17166101","display_name":"Text message","level":2,"score":0.6161065101623535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.47810643911361694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.4364060163497925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.378385066986084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C511355011","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12174","display_name":"Obesity","level":2,"score":0.35319072008132935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3448227643966675},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108827166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175975","display_name":"Internet privacy","level":1,"score":0.33632296323776245},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159110408","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121176","display_name":"Nursing","level":1,"score":0.1633644998073578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.13081330060958862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.09495067596435547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.06557002663612366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006293","descriptor_name":"Health Promotion","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006293","descriptor_name":"Health Promotion","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006293","descriptor_name":"Health Promotion","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013673","descriptor_name":"Technology Assessment, Biomedical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013673","descriptor_name":"Technology Assessment, Biomedical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D013673","descriptor_name":"Technology Assessment, Biomedical","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015397","descriptor_name":"Program Evaluation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015397","descriptor_name":"Program Evaluation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015397","descriptor_name":"Program Evaluation","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015431","descriptor_name":"Weight Loss","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015431","descriptor_name":"Weight Loss","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D015431","descriptor_name":"Weight Loss","qualifier_ui":"Q000502","qualifier_name":"physiology","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017216","descriptor_name":"Telemedicine","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017216","descriptor_name":"Telemedicine","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D017216","descriptor_name":"Telemedicine","qualifier_ui":"Q000379","qualifier_name":"methods","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D040421","descriptor_name":"Cell Phone","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D040421","descriptor_name":"Cell Phone","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D040421","descriptor_name":"Cell Phone","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D060145","descriptor_name":"Text Messaging","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D060145","descriptor_name":"Text Messaging","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D060145","descriptor_name":"Text Messaging","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/1460458212442422","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458212442422","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S201800618","display_name":"Health Informatics Journal","issn_l":"1460-4582","issn":["1460-4582","1741-2811"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Health Informatics Journal","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:23257055","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23257055","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Health informatics journal","raw_type":null},{"id":"pmh:oai:europepmc.org:2673509","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/3675895","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400806","display_name":"Europe PMC (PubMed Central)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1303153112","host_organization_name":"European Bioinformatics Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1303153112"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4099999964237213,"display_name":"Good health and well-being","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7399733816","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"1F31 NR012599","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337353","funder_display_name":"National Institute of Nursing Research"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8642127410","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"F31 NR012599","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337353","funder_display_name":"National Institute of Nursing Research"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337353","display_name":"National Institute of Nursing Research","ror":"https://ror.org/01y3zfr79"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W112307732","https://openalex.org/W1481956422","https://openalex.org/W1539896512","https://openalex.org/W1559489076","https://openalex.org/W1982680448","https://openalex.org/W2009567402","https://openalex.org/W2029228998","https://openalex.org/W2035846608","https://openalex.org/W2044458874","https://openalex.org/W2045474892","https://openalex.org/W2058436463","https://openalex.org/W2066746073","https://openalex.org/W2069967371","https://openalex.org/W2079144525","https://openalex.org/W2085551752","https://openalex.org/W2089342771","https://openalex.org/W2094377001","https://openalex.org/W2099697766","https://openalex.org/W2108664775","https://openalex.org/W2110405972","https://openalex.org/W2116383336","https://openalex.org/W2140510106","https://openalex.org/W2140790583","https://openalex.org/W2153393568","https://openalex.org/W2160750510","https://openalex.org/W2161598082","https://openalex.org/W2231072323","https://openalex.org/W2308851895","https://openalex.org/W2614507648","https://openalex.org/W3214923421","https://openalex.org/W4253684035","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4242104921","https://openalex.org/W1975167231","https://openalex.org/W1995415200","https://openalex.org/W2031413416","https://openalex.org/W2198062004","https://openalex.org/W2148778157","https://openalex.org/W2111434323","https://openalex.org/W1855323028","https://openalex.org/W2783831191","https://openalex.org/W2472899116"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Nearly":[0],"68%":[1],"of":[2,20,44],"American":[3],"adults":[4],"are":[5,83],"obese":[6],"or":[7],"overweight.":[8],"Mobile":[9],"devices":[10],"such":[11],"as":[12,17,51,69],"mobile":[13],"phones":[14],"have":[15],"emerged":[16],"a":[18],"mode":[19],"intervention":[21,53,71],"delivery":[22],"to":[23,32],"help":[24],"people":[25],"improve":[26],"their":[27],"health,":[28],"particularly":[29],"in":[30,78],"relation":[31],"weight":[33,56,74],"loss.":[34,57],"This":[35],"literature":[36,61],"review":[37,62],"examines":[38],"the":[39,42],"relationship":[40],"between":[41],"use":[43],"short":[45],"message":[46],"service":[47],"(SMS)":[48],"text":[49],"messaging":[50],"an":[52,70],"medium":[54],"and":[55],"Results":[58],"from":[59],"this":[60],"(n":[63],"=":[64],"14)":[65],"suggest":[66],"that":[67],"SMS":[68],"tool":[72],"for":[73,94],"loss":[75],"is":[76,88],"still":[77],"its":[79],"infancy.":[80],"Initial":[81],"results":[82],"promising":[84],"but":[85],"continued":[86],"investigation":[87],"needed.":[89],"We":[90],"offer":[91],"several":[92],"recommendations":[93],"future":[95],"research.":[96]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":31},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-24T13:16:06.693445","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}