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| Title |
Using mobile technology to support lower-salt food choices for people with cardiovascular disease: protocol for the SaltSwitch randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-950 |
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| Authors |
Helen Eyles, Rebecca McLean, Bruce Neal, Robert N Doughty, Yannan Jiang, Cliona Ni Mhurchu |
| Abstract |
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of early death worldwide, responsible for an estimated 29% of all global deaths. Reducing salt intake lowers blood pressure and risk of secondary cardiac events. However, identifying low salt foods can be challenging. SaltSwitch is a simple smartphone application (app) that enables shoppers to scan the barcode of packaged foods and receive an immediate, interpretive, traffic light nutrition label on the screen, along with suggestions for healthier lower-salt alternatives. A growing body of evidence suggests mobile technologies can support healthy behaviour change. However, robust evidence for the impact of smartphone interventions is lacking. This manuscript outlines the rationale and methods for a randomized controlled trial designed to determine the effectiveness of SaltSwitch in supporting people with CVD to make lower-salt food choices. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 31% |
| New Zealand | 3 | 23% |
| Colombia | 1 | 8% |
| Australia | 1 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 54% |
| Scientists | 4 | 31% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 15% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 289 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 286 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 54 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 40 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 13% |
| Researcher | 28 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 21 | 7% |
| Other | 47 | 16% |
| Unknown | 62 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 61 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 47 | 16% |
| Psychology | 25 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 58 | 20% |
| Unknown | 72 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 November 2014.
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#2,779,699
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#3,186
of 14,837 outputs
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#31,148
of 243,384 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#56
of 286 outputs
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