Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary health behavior outcomes of a community-based virtual group health coaching for cancer survivors program.

IF 2.8 3区 医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Supportive Care in Cancer Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1007/s00520-025-09295-y
Nicole J Berzins, Elizabeth Orsega-Smith, Michael Mackenzie, Mary Lou Galantino, Nicole S Culos-Reed, Tara Leonard, Erika Narducci
{"title":"Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary health behavior outcomes of a community-based virtual group health coaching for cancer survivors program.","authors":"Nicole J Berzins, Elizabeth Orsega-Smith, Michael Mackenzie, Mary Lou Galantino, Nicole S Culos-Reed, Tara Leonard, Erika Narducci","doi":"10.1007/s00520-025-09295-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The primary purpose was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a group health coaching (GHC) program with cancer patients and survivors; secondarily, to determine the preliminary effects of GHC on several behavioral lifestyle factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>GHC was provided to people diagnosed with cancer via videoconference by trained health coaches across six GHC sessions over a 3-month period. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Data on recruitment, attrition, attendance, fidelity, retention, safety, and barriers and facilitators to implementation were assessed. Participant-reported outcomes collected via surveys included physical activity, eating habits, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, and quality of life, followed by post-program focus groups and in-depth interviews. Survey results were analyzed using repeated measures multilevel modeling. Qualitative data was analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 26 participants with a variety of cancer types attended an average of 74% of coaching sessions. The intervention was feasible to implement and found acceptable by participants and health coaches. Over the course of the intervention, there was a moderate increase in total weekly physical activity minutes (baseline = 365.25, follow-up = 510.30, p = 0.032, d = 0.50), and a small increase in weekly moderate-vigorous physical activity frequency (baseline = 4.07 bouts, follow-up = 5.44 bouts, p = 0.045, d = 0.39). Additionally, a moderate increase was found in functional well-being (baseline = 16.30, follow-up = 18.93, p < 0.001, d = 0.50). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: GHC may be a feasible and acceptable way to promote behavior change for physical activity in cancer patients and survivors, reducing cancer burden and enhancing functional well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":22046,"journal":{"name":"Supportive Care in Cancer","volume":"33 4","pages":"269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11903554/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Supportive Care in Cancer","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-09295-y","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Purpose: The primary purpose was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a group health coaching (GHC) program with cancer patients and survivors; secondarily, to determine the preliminary effects of GHC on several behavioral lifestyle factors.

Methods: GHC was provided to people diagnosed with cancer via videoconference by trained health coaches across six GHC sessions over a 3-month period. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected. Data on recruitment, attrition, attendance, fidelity, retention, safety, and barriers and facilitators to implementation were assessed. Participant-reported outcomes collected via surveys included physical activity, eating habits, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep, and quality of life, followed by post-program focus groups and in-depth interviews. Survey results were analyzed using repeated measures multilevel modeling. Qualitative data was analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.

Results: Overall, 26 participants with a variety of cancer types attended an average of 74% of coaching sessions. The intervention was feasible to implement and found acceptable by participants and health coaches. Over the course of the intervention, there was a moderate increase in total weekly physical activity minutes (baseline = 365.25, follow-up = 510.30, p = 0.032, d = 0.50), and a small increase in weekly moderate-vigorous physical activity frequency (baseline = 4.07 bouts, follow-up = 5.44 bouts, p = 0.045, d = 0.39). Additionally, a moderate increase was found in functional well-being (baseline = 16.30, follow-up = 18.93, p < 0.001, d = 0.50). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: GHC may be a feasible and acceptable way to promote behavior change for physical activity in cancer patients and survivors, reducing cancer burden and enhancing functional well-being.

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Supportive Care in Cancer
Supportive Care in Cancer 医学-康复医学
CiteScore
5.70
自引率
9.70%
发文量
751
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: Supportive Care in Cancer provides members of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and all other interested individuals, groups and institutions with the most recent scientific and social information on all aspects of supportive care in cancer patients. It covers primarily medical, technical and surgical topics concerning supportive therapy and care which may supplement or substitute basic cancer treatment at all stages of the disease. Nursing, rehabilitative, psychosocial and spiritual issues of support are also included.
期刊最新文献
End of life for glioblastoma patients. Analysis of preferences and responses to recall in adolescent and young adult head and neck cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy. Efficacy of triplet antiemetic prophylaxis against chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with soft tissue sarcomas receiving consecutive-day doxorubicin and ifosfamide therapy. An exploration of nursing and Allied Health Professional (AHP)-led post-treatment surveillance and survivorship care for people with head and neck cancer-a scoping review. Correction to: Association between geriatric co‑management and receipt of rehabilitation services in the inpatient postoperative period among older adults with cancer.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1