Beating Cancer-Related Fatigue With the Untire Mobile App: Protocol for a Waiting List Randomized Controlled Trial

JMIR Research Protocols
Simon S SpahrkäsMariët Hagedoorn

Abstract

Many cancer patients and survivors worldwide experience disabling fatigue as the main side effect of their illness and the treatments involved. Face-to-face therapy is effective in treating cancer-related fatigue (CRF), but it is also resource-intensive. Offering a self-management program via a mobile phone app (ie, the Untire app), based on elements of effective face-to-face treatments, might increase the number of patients receiving adequate support for fatigue and decrease care costs. The aim of this protocol is to describe a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the effectiveness of the Untire app in reducing fatigue in cancer patients and survivors after 12 weeks of app use as compared with a waiting list control group. Substudies nested within this trial include questions concerning the reach and costs of online recruitment and uptake and usage of the Untire app. The Untire app study is a waiting list RCT targeting cancer patients and survivors who experience moderate to severe fatigue via social media (Facebook and Instagram) across 4 English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States). The Untire app includes psychoeducation and exercises concerning energy conservation, activi...Continue Reading

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Jan 26, 2021·Internet Interventions : the Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health·Simon S SpahrkäsMariët Hagedoorn
Feb 23, 2021·Internet Interventions : the Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health·Kirsten van KesselSarah Thomas
Jul 1, 2021·Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer·Natalie J Del VecchioMary E Charlton

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