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ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2022

An app with brief behavioural support to promote physical activity after a cancer diagnosis (APPROACH): study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial.

P Lally, N Miller, A Roberts, R J Beeken, D M Greenfield, H W W Potts, N Counsell, N Latimer, C Thomas, L Smith and 5 more

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Article in Pilot and feasibility studies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

P LallyBehavioural Science and Health, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. p.lally@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4847-4163

N MillerBehavioural Science and Health, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.

A RobertsBehavioural Science and Health, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.

R J BeekenLeeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

D M GreenfieldSheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2SJ, UK.

H W W PottsInstitute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.

N CounsellCancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trials Centre, Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.

N LatimerSchool of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK.

C ThomasSchool of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK.

L SmithThe Centre for Health, Performance, and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK.

J GathYorkshire and Humberside Consumer Research Panel.

F KennedyLeeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

C MartinLeeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

L WyldDepartment of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.

A FisherBehavioural Science and Health, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.

University College London · GBUniversity of Leeds · GBUniversity of Sheffield · GBAnglia Ruskin University · GBCancer Research UK · GBDepartment of Science and Technology · INHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust · GBWeston Park Cancer Centre · GB

Funding

Yorkshire Cancer Research UCL420

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are multiple health benefits from participating in physical activity after a cancer diagnosis, but many people living with and beyond cancer (LWBC) are not meeting physical activity guidelines. App-based interventions offer a promising platform for intervention delivery. This trial aims to pilot a theory-driven, app-based intervention that promotes brisk walking among people living with and beyond cancer. The primary aim is to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of study procedures before conducting a larger randomised controlled trial (RCT).

methodsThis is an individually randomised, two-armed pilot RCT. Patients with localised or metastatic breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer, who are aged 16 years or over, will be recruited from a single hospital site in South Yorkshire in the UK. The intervention includes an app designed to encourage brisk walking (Active 10) supplemented with habit-based behavioural support in the form of two brief telephone/video calls, an information leaflet, and walking planners. The primary outcomes will be feasibility and acceptability of the study procedures. Demographic and medical characteristics will be collected at baseline, through self-report and hospital records. Secondary outcomes for the pilot (assessed at 0 and 3 months) will be accelerometer measured and self-reported physical activity, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, and patient-reported outcomes of quality of life, fatigue, sleep, anxiety, depression, self-efficacy, and habit strength for walking. Qualitative interviews will explore experiences of participating or reasons for declining to participate. Parameters for the intended primary outcome measure (accelerometer measured average daily minutes of brisk walking (≥ 100 steps/min)) will inform a sample size calculation for the future RCT and a preliminary economic evaluation will be conducted. DISCUSSION: This pilot study will inform the design of a larger RCT to investigate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of this intervention in people LWBC.

trial registrationISRCTN registry, ISRCTN18063498 . Registered 16 April 2021.

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AppBrisk walkingCancerHabitPhysical activityPilotRCT

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PMID35351187

DOI10.1186/s40814-022-01028-w

PMCPMC8961486

OpenAlexW4226066989

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