Improving Physical Activity Maintenance of Cancer Survivors
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Interventions
- Behavioral: BfitBwell programBehavioral: 6 bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling sessions
- Registration Number
- NCT03976193
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Brief Summary
Participants enrolled in the BfitBwell Cancer Exercise Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center will be randomized 1:1 to receive the current BfitBwell program, or BfitBwell plus six, group-based behavior change counseling sessions adapted from BEAT Cancer. We will stratify the randomization based on sex.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 33
Inclusion Criteria
- current patient at the University of Colorado Cancer Center
- signed physician clearance to participate in a supervised exercise program
- participant is actively receiving medical cancer treatment (chemotherapy, radiation or surgery) OR within 6 months of receiving medical cancer treatment.
- Willingness to be randomized to receive six, PA behavior change counseling sessions as part of the BfitBwell program, and able to attend five out of six of these sessions
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description BfitBwell + 6, bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling session 6 bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling sessions Participants randomized to BfitBwell + PA behavior change counseling sessions will receive six, 1-1.5 hour sessions lead by a Certified Exercise Physiologist, trained on the study protocol. Sessions will be held once per week, every other week at the Anschutz Health and Wellness center. Participants will attend the sessions in groups, as schedules allow. Behavior change discussion topics will target self-efficacy for exercise, barriers to exercise, goal setting, behavior modification strategies, time management, cognitive reframing, and relapse prevention. Participants in this study arm will receive a group education workbook in congruence to discussion session topics to promote notetaking, and self-reflective journaling. BfitBwell program BfitBwell program BfitBwell is a 3-month supervised exercise program for cancer survivors delivered at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. This program has demonstrated effectiveness for improving physical fitness, fatigue, and depression among participants BfitBwell + 6, bi-weekly PA Behavior Change counseling session BfitBwell program Participants randomized to BfitBwell + PA behavior change counseling sessions will receive six, 1-1.5 hour sessions lead by a Certified Exercise Physiologist, trained on the study protocol. Sessions will be held once per week, every other week at the Anschutz Health and Wellness center. Participants will attend the sessions in groups, as schedules allow. Behavior change discussion topics will target self-efficacy for exercise, barriers to exercise, goal setting, behavior modification strategies, time management, cognitive reframing, and relapse prevention. Participants in this study arm will receive a group education workbook in congruence to discussion session topics to promote notetaking, and self-reflective journaling.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Examine the effects of six, group-based physical activity (PA) behavior change counseling sessions PA change from post-program, to 3-months following completion of the BfitBwell program. 3 months The primary outcome will be self-reported weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous leisure-time PA, three-months following completion of the program, measured by the Godin Shepherd Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
UCD Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
🇺🇸Aurora, Colorado, United States