Self-monitoring physical activity with a smartphone application in cancer patients: a randomized feasibility study (SMART-trial)
| Autor: | Gabriela G. F. van der Schoot, Nico-Derk L. Westerink, Harm L Ormel, Annemiek M E Walenkamp, Jourik A. Gietema, Wim J. Sluiter |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS) |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Self-Assessment Smartphone application 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine ELDERLY PASE Cancer RunKeeper System usability scale EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS Middle Aged Mobile Applications Treatment Outcome Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Original Article LIFE-STYLE Smartphone ACTIVITY GUIDELINES Adult medicine.medical_specialty Physical activity Healthy lifestyle ALL-CAUSE 03 medical and health sciences Breast cancer Humans BREAST-CANCER Self-monitoring Exercise Aged Monitoring Physiologic WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAM business.industry Usability medicine.disease Actigraphy Self Care SUPERVISED EXERCISE ACTIVITY SCALE Usual care Physical therapy Feasibility Studies Self Report FOLLOW-UP business |
| Zdroj: | Supportive Care in Cancer, 26(11), 3915-3923. SPRINGER Supportive Care in Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1433-7339 0941-4355 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00520-018-4263-5 |
| Popis: | Purpose Evidence accumulates that an active lifestyle positively influences cancer treatment outcome. A “smartphone application” (app) such as “RunKeeper,” to self-monitor physical activity (PA) might be helpful. This study aimed to examine whether using RunKeeper to increase self-reported PA is feasible in cancer patients and to evaluate patients’ opinion about using RunKeeper in a 12-week program. Methods Adult patients (n = 32), diagnosed with cancer, were randomized between usual care (n = 16) or a 12-week intervention with instructions to self-monitor PA with RunKeeper (n = 16). Changes in PA were determined with the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) at baseline (T0), 6 weeks (T1), and 12 weeks (T2). Usability and patients’ experiences were tested at T2 with the System Usability Scale (SUS) and a semi-structured interview. Results Patient mean age was 33.6 years. Between T0 and T1, an increase in PA of 51% (medium estimated effect size r = 0.40) was found in PASE sum score in the intervention group compared with usual care. In addition, total minutes of PA increased with 46% (r = 0.37). These effects decreased over time (T2). Sedentary time decreased with 19% between T0 and T1 and 27% between T0 and T2. Usability was rated “good” and most patients found RunKeeper use helpful to improve PA. Conclusions Self-monitoring PA with RunKeeper was safe and feasible in cancer patients. The RunKeeper use resulted in an increase in PA after 6 weeks. RunKeeper usability was rated good and can be used to study PA in cancer patients. Trial registration NCT02391454 Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00520-018-4263-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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