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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Jun 10;60:1–13. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.06.007

Table 5.

Intervention Active Ingredients for first 6 months of the program by group and communication type

Targeted Treatment Group Tailored Treatment Group Contact Control Treatment Group
Intervention Ingredient Communication Type (Number of posts)
Facebook Total messages per week n = 6 n = 6 n = 6
 Videosa Adapted DPP Weight Loss Content Adapted for young adult university students (n=2) Adapted for young adult university students (n=2) Adapted for young adult university students (n=2)
 Handoutsb Adapted DPP Weight Loss Content Adapted for young adults university students (n=2) Adapted for young adult university students (n=2) Adapted for young adult university students (n=2)
 Reminders Reminder to view content and report Adapted for young adults university students (n=2) Adapted for young adult university students (n=2) Adapted for young adult university students (n=2)
SMS Text Messagingc Total outgoing messages per week n=7 n=15 n=7
High-risk behaviors related to weight loss and PA General tips (n=2) Personalized tips (n=2) General tips (n=2)
Reminder to self-monitor/Prompt for calorie, weight, PA data Reminder to monitor (n=3) Prompt for data (n=3)
Feedback on number of self-monitoring days completed N/A General (n=1) N/A
Importance of self-monitoring Related to weekly content (n=1) Related to weekly content (n=1) Related to weekly content (n=1)
General monitoring info General (n=1) General (n=1) General (n=1)
Inquiry if monitored Weight/PA (n=1) Weight/PA (n=2) 3 Pillars (n=1)
Reminder to review content General (n=2) General (n=2) General (n=2)
Weekly Reportd Summative (n=1) Personalized (n=1) Summative (n=1)
a

See Figure 2

b

See Figure 3

c

See Figure 4

d

See Figure 5