Rebecca N. Adams|Catherine E. Mosher|Cindy K. Blair|Denise C. Snyder|Richard Sloane|Wendy Demark?Wahnefried
Cancer survivors' uptake and adherence in diet and exercise intervention trials: An integrative data analysis
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis|University of Minnesota|Duke University|Duke University|Duke University Hospital|Duke Medical Center|University of Alabama at Birmingham
health benefits diet exercise interventions cancer survivors well documented however little known regarding demographic medical predictors survivors willingness participate diet exercise intervention trials study enrollment intervention adherence study completion assist interpreting generalizability trial findings improve design future trials study examined predictors process measuresan integrative data analysis performed data 3 largest homebased diet exercise intervention trials cancer survivors n 23841 demographic medical factors ie sex race age time since diagnosis cancer type examined predictors willingness participate study enrollment intervention adherence study completion pooled sample 99 confidence interval used determine statistical significanceacross trials 111 contacted survivors willing participate 57 eligible enrolled among enrollees 534 demonstrated 75 adherence intervention 911 completed study race caucasian vs others age time since diagnosis cancer type predicted survivors willingness participate p 01 examined predictors associated likelihood study enrollment p 01 significant predictors intervention adherence study completion found among study enrollees p 01cancer survivors demographic medical characteristics predicted interest participation diet exercise intervention trials findings implications generalizability results help guide procedures used future trials enhance patient representation