ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2016
A qualitative evaluation of a group phone-based weight loss intervention for rural breast cancer survivors: Themes and mechanisms of success.
Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01441011 (Group Phone-Based Weight Control for Rural Breast Cancer Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Group Phone-Based Weight Control for Rural Breast Cancer Survivors
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Characterization and efficacy of lifestyle behavior change interventions among adult rural cancer survivors: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Prescribing pre- and post-operative physical activity interventions for people undergoing breast cancer surgery: A qualitative systematic review.Cancer medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators for weight management interventions in breast cancer patients: a systematic review of qualitative studies.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Pooled it
- The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of behavioral interventions for rural breast cancer survivors.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Physical activity motives, barriers, and preferences in people with obesity: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Breast cancer survivorship in rural settings: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Pooled it
- Understanding the impact of rural weight loss interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Research-Tested Mobile Apps for Breast Cancer Care: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Outcomes of a text message, Fitbit, and coaching intervention on physical activity maintenance among cancer survivors: a randomized control pilot trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Trial
- Tele-Motivational Interviewing for Cancer Survivors: Feasibility, Preliminary Efficacy, and Lessons Learned.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2018Trial
- Change in Physical Activity During a Weight Management Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors: Association with Weight Outcomes.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2017Trial
- Breast cancer survivors' experience of making weight, dietary and physical activity changes during participation in a weight loss intervention.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2017Trial
- Meals that heal: a randomized controlled trial testing the feasibility of commercial meal delivery as a convenient dietary intervention for depression.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Development and preliminary validation of the Dietary Self-management Behavior Questionnaire (DSMBQ) for breast cancer patients during chemotherapy: three rounds of survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Prototype of an App Designed to Support Self-Management for Health Behaviors and Weight in Women Living With Breast Cancer: Qualitative User Experience Study.JMIR cancer · 2024Article
- Addressing rural health disparities by optimizing "high-touch" intervention components in digital obesity treatment: The iREACH Rural study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Digitizing Survivorship Care Plans Through the POST-Treatment Health Outcomes of Cancer Survivors (POSTHOC) Mobile App: Protocol for a Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Identification of weight loss interventions for translation among endometrial cancer survivors: A RE-AIM analysis.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
purposeObesity is prevalent in breast cancer survivors and is a significant risk factor for recurrence and mortality. Weight management interventions for survivors have been diverse in design (in-person vs. phone-based, group vs. individual) and yielded varying weight loss results. Given these issues, participants themselves may provide insight into treatment-based factors that contributed to their weight loss outcomes. Here, we report qualitative results from interviews with survivors in a group phone-based weight loss intervention, with the objective of identifying mechanisms that facilitated or hindered adherence and weight loss. We explored interest in paying for continued treatment as an indicator of dissemination potential.
methodsIndividual interviews were conducted with 186 rural, obese breast cancer survivors upon completion of a 6-month weight loss intervention that produced clinically meaningful weight loss (>5 %) in 91 % of participants. A thematic analysis of the interview data was performed.
resultsFive themes were identified as impacting adherence and success: (1) accountability; (2) importance of the group, with varying levels of connectedness; (3) dietary convenience; (4) difficulty maintaining intervention components that required more effort; and (5) importance of internal motivation to attributions of physical activity success or failure. Most were interested in paying to continue the program if it were extended beyond the study.
conclusionsKey intervention components that participants attributed to their success included supportive group processes and convenience. Results highlight the group phone-based approach as a potential venue for disseminating an effective weight loss program for breast cancer survivors.
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