Trial reportTranslational behavioral medicine2017
Peer mentors delivering a physical activity intervention for cancer survivors: effects among mentors.
Trial report in Translational behavioral medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Peer Support in Chronic Conditions from the Peer Supporters' Perspective: A Systematic Review.Psychosocial intervention · 2025Pooled it
- How effective is peer-to-peer support in cancer patients and survivors? A systematic review.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Peer Mentors for People with Advanced Cancer: Lessons Learnt from Recruiting and Training Peer Mentors for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Trial
- Peer support for physical activity adoption among breast cancer survivors: Do the helped resemble the helpers?European journal of cancer care · 2018Trial
- A mixed methods evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-led physical activity behaviour change intervention for inactive people living with and beyond cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Connecting women who are diagnosed and treated for breast cancer to engage in physical activity: a two-arm randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Exploring the reasons for wanting a peer partner to be physically active among women living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis: a content analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- 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 · 2023Article
- Studying the implementation of exercise oncology interventions: a path forward.Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Interventions for Women with aCancers · 2021Article
- Lesson Learned from Peer Volunteers in a Peer-Led Pain Management Program among Nursing Home Residents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- "Kicked out into the real world": prostate cancer patients' experiences with transitioning from hospital-based supervised exercise to unsupervised exercise in the community.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Observational
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Abstract
To further inform implementation efforts of a telephone-based physical activity (PA) intervention for breast cancer survivors, we assessed the PA, fatigue, mood, and quality of life of the peer mentors/coaches who delivered the program. The coaches were volunteers with the American Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery program. The coaches (n = 18) delivered the PA intervention to 76 breast cancer survivors in a randomized controlled trial. Coaches completed assessments of PA (self-report), motivational readiness for PA, and standardized measures of psychosocial variables at the start of coaching and at study exit. At study exit, they also responded to an open-ended question on the benefits that they accrued from the study. We used generalized linear models to analyze the PA data and psychosocial variables. Chi-squared analyses were used for motivational readiness. The written responses to the open-ended question were analyzed to identify themes. Coaches' PA exceeded national recommendations at study entry and exit with no significant changes over time. Sixty-one percent were in the maintenance stage of motivational readiness, and 61% remained in the same stage at study exit. Psychosocial functioning also remained stable over time. Qualitative data revealed that the coaches' gains included helping themselves (with four subthemes) and helping others. Intervention delivery had no unintended negative consequences (PA, motivational readiness, and psychosocial functioning) among coaches. They reported gains that were not reflected in standardized psychosocial assessments. These data support further implementation of peer-delivered PA programs to enhance the reach of interventions.
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