- Title
- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of adding behavioral counseling to supervised physical activity in kidney cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial
- Creator
- Trinh, Linda; Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Rhodes, Ryan E.; North, Scott; Courneya, Kerry S.
- Relation
- NHMRC
- Relation
- Cancer Nursing Vol. 37, Issue 5, p. E8-E22
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0b013e3182a40fb6
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Background: Supervised physical activity (PA) improves short-term health outcomes in cancer survivors, but longer-term adherence is rarely achieved. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of adding behavioral counseling to supervised PA in kidney cancer survivors (KCSs). Methods: Thirty-two KCSs were randomized to a 4-week supervised PA program plus standard exercise counseling (SPA + EC group; n = 16) or a 4-week supervised PA plus behavioral counseling based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (SPA + BC group; n = 16). The primary outcome was self-reported PA at 12 weeks. Secondary outcomes were quality of life, anthropometric measures, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical function. Results: Follow-up rates for outcomes at 12 weeks were 88% and 94% for fitness testing and questionnaires, respectively. Adherence to the interventions was 94% in both groups with a 6% attrition rate. Analyses of covariance revealed that PA minutes at 12 weeks favored the SPA + BC group by +34 minutes (95% confidence interval, j62 to 129), which was a small effect size (d = 0.21) not reaching statistical significance (P = .47). Moreover, the SPA + BC group increased their 6-minute walk by 48 m more than the SPA + EC group (95% confidence interval, 1Y95; d = +0.64; P = .046). There were no significant changes in quality of life measures. Conclusions: This pilot study provides preliminary evidence that adding behavioral counseling to supervised PA in KCSs is feasible and may improve PA and fitness in the short-term. Larger and longer-term trials are needed. Implications for Practice: Oncology nurses may consider adopting behavioral counseling strategies in addition to supervised PA to motivate KCSs to maintain PA.
- Subject
- behavioral counseling; exercise; kidney cancer; physical activity; randomized controlled trial
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1304072
- Identifier
- uon:20786
- Identifier
- ISSN:0162-220X
- Language
- eng
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