Erin O’Carroll Bantum|Cheryl L. Albright|Kami White|Jeffrey L. Berenberg|Gabriela Layi|Philipp Ritter|Diana Laurent|Katy Plant|Kate Lorig
Surviving and Thriving With Cancer Using a Web-Based Health Behavior Change Intervention: Randomized Controlled Trial
Cancer Center of Hawaii|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawaii System|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|Cancer Center of Hawaii|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawaii System|Tripler Army Medical Center|Cancer Center of Hawaii|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawaii System|Cancer Center of Hawaii|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawaii System|Stanford University|Stanford University|National Council on Aging|Stanford University
given substantial improvements cancer screening cancer treatment united states millions adult cancer survivors live years following initial cancer diagnosis treatment however latent side effects occur symptoms alleviated managed effectively via changes lifestyle behaviorsthe purpose study test effectiveness sixweek webbased multiple health behavior change program adult survivorsparticipants n352 recruited oncology clinics tumor registry well online mechanisms facebook association cancer online resources acor cancer survivors eligible completed primary cancer treatment 4 weeks 5 years enrollment participants randomly assigned webbased program delayedtreatment control conditionin total 303 survivors completed followup survey six months completion baseline survey participants webbased intervention condition significantly greater reductions insomnia greater increases minutes per week vigorous exercise stretching compared controls significant changes fruit vegetable consumption outcomesthe webbased intervention impacted insomnia exercise however majority sample met exceeded national recommendations health behaviors suffering depression fatigue baseline thus survivors healthy welladjusted upon entry ability make substantial health behavior changes may limited future work discussed emphasis placed ways webbased interventions specifically analyzed benefit regard social networkingclinicaltrialsgov nct00962494 httpwwwclinicaltrialsgovct2shownct00962494 archived webcite httpwwwwebcitationorg6niv8dc6q