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- Title
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Text Message Intervention to Promote Adherence to Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines in a Predominantly Hispanic Sample of Cancer Survivors and Their Informal Caregivers: Results from a Pilot Intervention Trial.
- Authors
Lopez-Pentecost, Melissa; Perkin, Sophia; Freylersythe, Sarah; Rossi, Paola; Rolle, LaShae D.; St. George, Sara M.; Crane, Tracy E.
- Abstract
Hispanic cancer survivors face unique barriers to meeting American Cancer Society (ACS) nutrition and physical activity guidelines, which reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and mortality and improve quality of life. This pilot intervention trial evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a two-week ACS guideline-based nutrition and physical activity text message intervention in a predominantly Hispanic sample of cancer survivors and their informal caregivers. A mixed methods approach was used to assess feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Feasibility and acceptability were measured by meeting a-priori cut-offs of >80% for recruitment, retention, and text message response rate. Participants also completed a semi-structured exit interview by telephone that assessed intervention components. Thirteen cancer survivors and six caregivers (n = 19) participated in this pilot study; 78% self-identified as Hispanic. Mean time since treatment completion for survivors was 11.9 years (SD 8.4), and 67% had breast cancer. Cancer survivors had a higher acceptability rate for physical activity (94%) compared to nutrition messages (86%), whereas equal acceptability rates were observed for both types of messages among caregivers (91%). Texting interventions are a feasible, acceptable, and a cost-effective strategy that have the potential to promote lifestyle behavior change among Hispanic cancer survivors and caregivers.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of Hispanic Americans; PILOT projects; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL trials; RESEARCH methodology; CANCER relapse; INTERVIEWING; NUTRITION education; PHYSICAL activity; CANCER patients; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TEXT messages; AMERICAN Cancer Society Inc.; TELEMEDICINE; EDUCATIONAL outcomes
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 22, p4799
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15224799