Motive8! Feasibility of a text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in knee osteoarthritis 

Project Duration

August 2014 - August 2015

Funder

Arthritis Research UK (ARUK) Pain Centre

Project Staff                          Staff institutions

• Dr Holly Blake¹                          1. The University of Nottingham
• Ms Anna Roberts¹                      2. Grantham and District Hospital
• Professor Mark E. Batt¹                  (Nottinghamshire)
• Dr Jonny Moses²

Aims

Develop and test the feasibility of using a SMS text messaging intervention to promote physical activity in patients with knee OA using data collected in 'real-time'.

Objectives

• Establish whether the components of an SMS intervention are delivered consistently and accurately to the target group (intervention fidelity)
• Monitor engagement with the intervention and comprehension of the messaging content
• Ascertain whether the method is feasible and acceptable to knee OA patients and whether it is perceived as obtrusive or unobtrusive

Methods

PPI consultation, intervention design, single-group cohort study for intervention testing, 'real-time' collection of monitoring data, evaluation data collection, health outcome measures.

Stage of Development

Completed and published.