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Framing cognitive offloading in terms of gains or losses: achieving a more optimal use of reminders

Cognitive Research, 2022
Nowadays individuals can readily set reminders to offload intentions onto external resources, such as smartphone alerts, rather than using internal memory. Individuals tend to be biased, setting more reminders than would be optimal.
Lea Fröscher, Ann-Kathrin Friedrich, Max Berentelg, Curtis Widmer, Sam J. Gilbert, Frank Papenmeier   +5 more
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The effect of automated text messaging and goal setting on pedometer adherence and physical activity in patients with diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
INTRODUCTION:Activity-monitoring devices may increase activity, but their effectiveness in sedentary, diseased, and less-motivated populations is unknown. METHODS:Subjects with diabetes or pre-diabetes were given a Fitbit and randomized into three groups:
Linnea A Polgreen, Christopher Anthony, Lucas Carr, Jacob E Simmering, Nicholas J Evans, Eric D Foster, Alberto M Segre, James F Cremer, Philip M Polgreen   +8 more
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Human papillomavirus dose reminder preferences among parents from a diverse clinical sample: a qualitative study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Reminders are an important method for encouraging patients to return for follow-up visits, such as for successive doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. However, patients may have preferences for different types of reminders.
Jacqueline M. Hirth, Kayla A. Eboreime, Leslie E. Cofie, Richard E. Rupp, Abbey B. Berenson   +4 more
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Strategic use of reminders: Influence of both domain-general and task-specific metacognitive confidence, independent of objective memory ability [PDF]

, 2015
How do we decide whether to use external artifacts and reminders to remember delayed intentions, versus relying on unaided memory? Experiment 1 (N=400) showed that participants' choice to forgo reminders in an experimental task was independently ...
Gilbert, SJ
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Acceptability of mobile-phone reminders for routine childhood vaccination appointments in Nigeria – a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Mobile-phone reminders have gained traction among policymakers as a way to improve childhood vaccination coverage and timeliness. However, there is limited evidence on the acceptability of mobile-phone reminders among patients and caregivers ...
Paul Eze, Sergius Alex Agu, Ujunwa Justina Agu, Yubraj Acharya   +3 more
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Message Reminders Encouraging Brisk Walking by Considering the Dynamic Factor of Cognitive Fatigue

European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC), 2022
Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours are leading risk factors for preventable health problems worldwide. Therefore, several smartphone-based interventions have tried to enhance physical activity (PA) through goal reminders based on relatively ...
Michelle Symons, Heidi Vandebosch, Clara Alida Cutello, Karolien Poels   +3 more
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Targeting the Use of Reminders and Notifications for Uptake by Populations (TURNUP): a systematic review and evidence synthesis

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014
Background: Missed appointments are an avoidable cost and a resource inefficiency that impact on the health of the patient and treatment outcomes.
Sionnadh McLean, Melanie Gee, Andrew Booth, Sarah Salway, Susan Nancarrow, Mark Cobb, Sadiq Bhanbhro   +6 more
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A Protocol to Increase Referral Rates to Diabetic Education [PDF]

, 2020
In 2015, approximately 30.3 million Americans, including 10.5% of the population of Minnesota, had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (American Diabetes Association, 2019).
Rokser, David M.
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On reminder effects, drop-outs and dominance: evidence from an online experiment on charitable giving [PDF]

, 2015
We present the results of an experiment that (a) shows the usefulness of screening out drop-outs and (b) tests whether different methods of payment and reminder intervals affect charitable giving.
A Jones, AR Soetevent, Axel Sonntag, B Frank, B Greiner, C-H Cho, CC Eckel, D Karlan, D Karlan, D Reinstein, D Taubinsky, Daniel John Zizzo, DJ Zizzo, E Moxnes, EC Hirschman, F Faul, G Calzolari, GD Carroll, J Novakova, K Murphy, K Tepper, L Garrod, M Andersson, M Thomas, M Vervloet, MG Kocher, MT Damgaard, Nikolaos Georgantzis, O Johansson-Stenman, P Chatterjee, P Fleming, R Slonim, S Huck, S Huck, S Sitzia, T McKenzie, VL Smith, W Poortinga, W Samuelson   +38 more
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Transdiagnostic compulsivity is associated with reduced reminder setting, only partially attributable to overconfidence

eLife
In the current study, we explored the behavioural and cognitive correlates of the transdiagnostic trait ‘compulsive behaviour and intrusive thought’ (CIT) in humans.
Annika Boldt, Celine Ann Fox, Claire M Gillan, Sam Gilbert   +3 more
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