Courtney J Stevens, Carly A Bobak, Kali J Morrissette, Ryan C Thompson, Kathleen Doyle Lyons, Grace M Wallace, Amanda J Emerson, David E Conroy, David M Williams, Mary D Chamberlin, Martha L Bruce
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Abstract
Background: Leaders in the field have called for exercise counseling to become standard of care by 2029. An Affect-based exercise prescription (Affect-Rx) may be a viable strategy for supporting this effort.
Aims: Guided by the ORBIT Model for developing behavioral treatments, this Phase 1b study evaluated breast cancer survivors' perceived acceptability of Affect-Rx. Additionally, the feasibility of trial methods and opportunities for protocol refinements were assessed.
Method: Participants were 36 stage 0-III breast cancer survivors within 5 years of completing primary cancer treatment. Demographics were collected at baseline and via medical record review. Affect-Rx was delivered in conjunction with a low-touch, physical activity promotion intervention over videoconference call. At end-of-study, participants rated Affect-Rx using the Treatment Acceptability and Preferences (TAP) Measure. Participants responded to the Stanford L-Cat at baseline and end-of-study. ActiGraph wGT3X-BT accelerometers measured moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) over 10-day periods at baseline and follow-up.
Results: Affect-Rx was rated acceptable (TAP overall M = 3.30, SD = 0.53). Study retention and accelerometer measurement completion was ≥ 80% across time. L-Cat scores were discordant from accelerometer-measured MVPA at baseline.
Conclusions: Affect-Rx warrants further testing. The trial methods were feasible; however, physical inactivity verification procedures along with targeted recruitment efforts are needed to support future work. The field needs intervention strategies that can be deployed with limited resources and at low cost to offer survivors exercise counseling support in line with the new National Standards for Cancer Survivorship Care, the affect-based exercise prescription is designed to serve this mission.
Trial registration: The study protocol was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov prior to the initiation of participant recruitment NCT04903249.
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Psycho-Oncology is concerned with the psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer. This subspeciality addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that of their families and caretakers; and the psychological, behavioral and social factors that may influence the disease process. Psycho-oncology is an area of multi-disciplinary interest and has boundaries with the major specialities in oncology: the clinical disciplines (surgery, medicine, pediatrics, radiotherapy), epidemiology, immunology, endocrinology, biology, pathology, bioethics, palliative care, rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials research and decision making, as well as psychiatry and psychology.
This international journal is published twelve times a year and will consider contributions to research of clinical and theoretical interest. Topics covered are wide-ranging and relate to the psychosocial aspects of cancer and AIDS-related tumors, including: epidemiology, quality of life, palliative and supportive care, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, social work, nursing and educational issues.
Special reviews are offered from time to time. There is a section reviewing recently published books. A society news section is available for the dissemination of information relating to meetings, conferences and other society-related topics. Summary proceedings of important national and international symposia falling within the aims of the journal are presented.