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- Title
Fall-related Comorbidity and Health Beliefs among Cancer Survivors Participating in a Community-based Exercise Intervention.
- Authors
Grote, Silvie; Modeste, Naomi N.; Sealy, Diadrey-Anne; Dehom, Salem; Tarleton, Heather P.
- Abstract
Objectives: Health beliefs (HB) and fall and balance-related outcomes were examined following a 26-week community-based exercise intervention among cancer survivors (CS). Methods: Fall and balance-related measures and HB were quantitatively and qualitatively examined during a 26-week intervention among CS (N = 33). Of the 33 participants, 28 consented to an interview about their physical activity (PA) behavior. Results: Participants scored high on balance efficacy (median ± range = 8.68 ± 1.53) and reported high perception of having barriers to PA (mean ± SD = 4.66 ± 0.59). Fall-related measures improved after the 26-week intervention (p = .002). Most cues to action to engage in PA were delivered by a healthcare professional (N = 18). Once enrolled in the intervention, social benefits and access to a program tailored toward CS emerged as motivating factors to engage in PA (N = 12, N = 11, respectively). Conclusions: There is a need to design fall risk reduction programs tailored to CS and to offer these programs in an environment that fits the unique physical and social needs of CS.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; ACCIDENTAL falls; HEALTH of cancer patients; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH behavior research; HEALTH Belief Model; POSTURAL balance; EXERCISE physiology; PHYSICAL activity; PSYCHOLOGY; ACCIDENTAL fall prevention; CANCER patients; CONCEPTUAL structures; STATISTICAL correlation; EXERCISE; HEALTH attitudes; HEALTH behavior; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; THEMATIC analysis; PRE-tests &; post-tests; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESISTANCE training; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
American Journal of Health Behavior, 2017, Vol 41, Issue 5, p630
- ISSN
1087-3244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5993/AJHB.41.5.12