ADHERE study: Behaviour change SMS messages to promote longer term adherence to exercise for knee osteoarthritis

Demographic, baseline and 24-week follow-up data from the ADHERE trial. 110 patients aged over 50 years, obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) with moderate to severe symptomatic radiographic medial knee osteoarthritis. Both groups were asked to complete a home exercise program unsupervised three times per week for 24 weeks and were randomly allocated to a behavior change theory-informed, automated, semi-interactive SMS intervention addressing exercise barriers and facilitators or to control (no SMS). Primary outcomes were self-reported home exercise adherence measures.

All data presented in the results paper (J Med Internet Res. 2020;22(9):e21749) available in XLSX format.