Zachary Pope|Nan Zeng|Rui Zhang|Hee Yun Lee|Zan Gao
Effectiveness of Combined Smartwatch and Social Media Intervention on Breast Cancer Survivor Health Outcomes: A 10-Week Pilot Randomized Trial
University of Minnesota|University of Minnesota|University of Minnesota|University of Alabama|University of Minnesota
physical activity pa among breast cancer survivors bcs improve populations health quality life qol study evaluated effectiveness combined smartwatch social mediabased health education intervention bcss health outcomes thirty bcs x age 526 93 years x wt 802 196 kg participated 10week 2arm randomized trial bcs randomized 1 experimental group n 16 received polar m400 smartwatches daily pa tracking joined facebook group wherein social cognitive theoryrelated pa tips provided twice weekly 2 comparison group n 14 joined separate contentidentical facebook group outcomes included pa physiological psychosocial qol variables specifically pa energy expenditure ee assessed actigraph gt3x accelerometers physiological psychosocial qol examined via validated instruments baseline postintervention baseline group differences observed variable ten bcs dropped study experimental 4 comparison 6 compared completers dropouts differed significantly several outcomes thus perprotocol analysis performed revealing significant group differences changes social support 21 p 005 barriers 22 p 004 interestingly comparison group demonstrated improvements variables intervention group demonstrated slightly decreased social support change barriers notably groups demonstrated similarly increased daily light pa moderatetovigorous pa ee steps 77 min 51 min 251 kcals 339 steps respectively time despite extensive user training several experimental bcs found polar m400 use difficultpossibly decreasing intervention adherence future interventions utilize simpler smartwatches promote pa among middleaged clinicalnonclinical populations