150
Participants
Start Date
February 20, 2023
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2024
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2024
theory of planned behaviour, foot-in-the-door technique, and self-determination theory intervention
The participants will also be asked to choose the goal that they consider easiest to achieve and encouraged to quit health-risk behaviours. The research assistant will assist in achieving the participant's health-related goals by sending WhatsApp/WeChat messages or via telephone calls once per week for the first 6 months.
Control group
The participants will be simply advised to modify their health-risk behaviours and/or adopt a healthy lifestyle practice. In addition, the research assistant will send regular SMS messages to the participants at a similar frequency to the intervention group, but these messages will contain only general health advice.
RECRUITING
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
OTHER