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Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors.

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Winger, JG; Mosher, CE; Rand, KL; Morey, MC; Snyder, DC; Demark-Wahnefried, W
Published in: Ann Behav Med
October 2014

BACKGROUND: Diet and exercise interventions for cancer survivors result in health benefits; however, few studies have examined health outcomes in relation to adherence. PURPOSE: We examined associations between adherence to components of a diet-exercise intervention and survivors' physical and mental health. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial tested a telephone and mailed print intervention among 641 older, overweight, long-term survivors of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer. Dietary and exercise behaviors were assessed at 14 time points throughout the year-long intervention; health outcomes were examined postintervention. RESULTS: Telephone session attendance had significant indirect relationships with health outcomes through intervention-period exercise and dietary behavior. Attendance showed positive indirect relationships with physical function (β = 0.11, p < 0.05), basic and advanced lower extremity function (β = 0.10, p < 0.05/β = 0.09, p < 0.05), and mental health (β = 0.05, p < 0.05), and a negative indirect relationship with body mass index (β = -0.06, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Session attendance is vital in facilitating improvement in health behaviors and attendant outcomes (Clinicaltrials.gov number NCT00303875).

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Ann Behav Med

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1532-4796

Publication Date

October 2014

Volume

48

Issue

2

Start / End Page

235 / 245

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Survivors
  • Public Health
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Physical Fitness
  • Patient Compliance
  • Mental Health
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Female
 

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Winger, J. G., Mosher, C. E., Rand, K. L., Morey, M. C., Snyder, D. C., & Demark-Wahnefried, W. (2014). Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. Ann Behav Med, 48(2), 235–245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9598-7
Winger, Joseph G., Catherine E. Mosher, Kevin L. Rand, Miriam C. Morey, Denise C. Snyder, and Wendy Demark-Wahnefried. “Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors.Ann Behav Med 48, no. 2 (October 2014): 235–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9598-7.
Winger JG, Mosher CE, Rand KL, Morey MC, Snyder DC, Demark-Wahnefried W. Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. Ann Behav Med. 2014 Oct;48(2):235–45.
Winger, Joseph G., et al. “Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors.Ann Behav Med, vol. 48, no. 2, Oct. 2014, pp. 235–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s12160-014-9598-7.
Winger JG, Mosher CE, Rand KL, Morey MC, Snyder DC, Demark-Wahnefried W. Diet and exercise intervention adherence and health-related outcomes among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. Ann Behav Med. 2014 Oct;48(2):235–245.
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Published In

Ann Behav Med

DOI

EISSN

1532-4796

Publication Date

October 2014

Volume

48

Issue

2

Start / End Page

235 / 245

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Survivors
  • Public Health
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Physical Fitness
  • Patient Compliance
  • Mental Health
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Female