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ArticlePsycho-oncology2015

Peer mentorship to promote physical activity among cancer survivors: effects on quality of life.

Bernardine Pinto, Kevin Stein, Shira Dunsiger

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Article in Psycho-oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Physical activity for women with breast cancer after adjuvant therapy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  8. Moderators of physical activity and quality of life response to a physical activity intervention for breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  16. Matched and moving: exploring daily social support among women partnered for exercise after a breast cancer diagnosis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  20. The challenge of timing: a qualitative study on clinician and patient perspectives about implementing exercise-based rehabilitation in an acute cancer treatment setting.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bernardine PintoUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Kevin SteinAmerican Cancer Society, Atlanta, USA.
Shira DunsigerMiriam Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, USA.
American Cancer Society · USBrown University · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

Community Volunteers Promoting Physical Activity Among Cancer SurvivorsR01CA132854 · NCI · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI PINTO, BERNARDINE M. · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePhysical activity (PA) adoption can improve quality of life (QOL) and related outcomes among breast cancer survivors. To disseminate a telephone-based PA intervention to cancer survivors, we partnered with the American Cancer Society's Reach To Recovery program (RTR) whose volunteers (breast cancer survivors) provide information and emotional support to breast cancer survivors.

methodThis randomized controlled trial compared the effects of PA telephone counseling delivered by RTR volunteers (PA Plus RTR) versus a contact control condition (RTR Control) in six New England states. RTR volunteers (n = 18; mean age = 54.9 years, mean years since breast cancer diagnosis = 7.0) delivered a 12-week PA program to help participants adopt 30 min of moderate-intensity activity ≥5 days/week. Breast cancer survivors (n = 76; mean age = 55.62 years, mean years since diagnosis = 1.11, Stage 0 = 6.58%, Stage 1 = 38.16%, Stage 2 = 44.74%, Stage 3 = 10.53%) were randomized to a study group.

resultsUsing a series of generalized linear models, we assessed intervention effects on physical health, physical functioning, mental health, fatigue, and QOL at 12 and 24 weeks, and examined whether these effects were moderated by age, marital status, chemotherapy use, and baseline values of the outcomes. There were no significant intervention effects on the outcomes but there were significant moderator effects of age, chemotherapy use, and baseline physical functioning, physical health, and breast cancer-specific symptoms (all p's < .05).

conclusionsSpecific demographic and treatment variables and baseline psychosocial health moderate the impact of PA interventions on QOL. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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PMCPMC4709224
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