ArticleBMC pediatrics2025
Exploration of the impact of participation in a multidisciplinary family lifestyle intervention on exercise and diet quality during treatment for childhood cancer: the VIE program.
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- Acceptability and functional benefits of a health promotion program in pediatric oncology: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular Care in Pediatric Cancer Survivors: Updates on Risk, Prevention, and Therapies.Current treatment options in oncology · 2025Review
- Long-term impaired exercise capacity and oxygen consumption in Kawasaki disease patients.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe adoption of protective health behaviors, such as physical activity (PA) and healthy nutritional practices during childhood cancer treatments should be encouraged. This study aimed to document PA levels and diet quality before and after a multidisciplinary family lifestyle intervention, and to assess whether differences in PA levels and diet quality were associated with the degree of participation in the intervention.
methodsA multidisciplinary intervention (exercise intervention, nutritional, psychosocial support) was offered to families of children receiving treatments for childhood cancer. PA levels were assessed by self-reported total, moderate, and vigorous intensity minutes of physical activity. Diet quality was assessed using a dietary quality indicator. Participation in the intervention was measured by overall and domain-specific points of contact. We used non-parametric tests to evaluate changes over time and differences with an ad hoc comparison group.
resultsIn 38 participants, we found that there was a significant difference in total minutes of PA pre- and post-intervention (p = 0.022, r = 0.27), but no difference in diet quality (p = 0.136, r = 0.19). We found that minutes of vigorous intensity PA improved rather than deteriorated (OR = 2.19, 95%CI: 1.13–4.25). Improvements in minutes of vigorous intensity PA were associated with participation in the intervention.
conclusionIn its current form, this multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention is associated with limited improvements in PA. Before testing its effects in studies with adequate statistical power, the program should be refined to limit heterogeneity in levels of participation and optimize its active ingredients.
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