Trial reportCancer2015
Group trajectory analysis helps to identify older cancer survivors who benefit from distance-based lifestyle interventions.
Trial report in Cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Project LEAD: Promoting Health Among Populations With Early Stage Cancers
Fresh Start: Promoting Health in Prostate Cancer Survivors
RENEW: Reach Out to Enhance Wellness in Older Survivors
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of maintenance of physical activity behaviour change in cancer survivors.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- SurvivorCHESS to increase physical activity in colon cancer survivors: can we get them moving?Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2018Trial
- Longitudinal Profiles and Predictors of Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors Post-Exercise Intervention: A 5-Year Follow-Up of the Phys-Can RCT.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Physical activity and quality of life among breast cancer survivors: Pink SWAN.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Psychosocial Determinants of Lifestyle Change after a Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Cancers · 2022Review
- Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults living at home: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
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- Correlates of poor adherence to a healthy lifestyle among a diverse group of colorectal cancer survivors.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2019Article
- Trajectory analysis in obesity epidemiology: a promising life course approach.Current opinion in endocrine and metabolic research · 2019Article
- Distinct Physical Function Profiles in Older Adults Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2017Article
- Motivating Older Adults with Cancer to Keep Moving: the Implications of Lifestyle Interventions on Physical Activity.Current oncology reports · 2017Review
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe number of older cancer survivors is increasing as more adults survive to older ages. The objectives of this study were to examine trajectories of physical activity (PA) and physical function (PF) over a 2-year lifestyle counseling study and to identify characteristics of the trajectory groups.
methodsThis was a secondary analysis of Reach Out to Enhance Wellness, a randomized controlled trial of home-based lifestyle counseling. The 641 participants were older (≥65 years), overweight (body mass index [BMI], 25 to <40 kg/m(2)), long-term community-dwelling survivors (>5 years) of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States (21 states) who had been randomly assigned to an immediate intervention or a 12-month-wait-listed control arm. The main outcome measures were PA and PF trajectory group membership.
resultsThree PA groups and 5 PF trajectory groups were observed. The baseline BMI (P < .001) and self-efficacy for performing strength (P < .0001) and endurance exercises (P < .0002) were the strongest predictors of achieving the highest amount of PA and the most favorable functional trajectory over 2 years. Individuals with low baseline self-efficacy, no PA, and a Short Form 36 PF subscale score < 65 did not benefit from the intervention.
conclusionsThis study identified characteristics of survivors who benefited from home-based interventions and suggested alternative approaches for survivors requiring more structured and intensive interventions to promote behavioral changes.
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