Feasibility and effects of a home-based intervention using activity trackers on achievement of individual goals, quality of life and motor performance in patients with paediatric cancer

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
Miriam GötteJoachim Boos

Abstract

Supervised exercise interventions during inpatient care are feasible. The objective was to evaluate the usability of activity trackers and centralised monitoring to conduct a home-based exercise intervention during cancer treatment. The primary endpoint and confirmatory analysis was achievement of individual goals for daily steps, compared (A) in the intervention group (IG) over time and (B) between the IG and control group (CG). Secondary endpoints included achievement of goals for active minutes and effects on motor performance and health-related quality of life (hrQoL). Forty patients treated for paediatric cancer (14.7±3.9 years) were included. The IG received a 6-8 week intervention during acute treatment (T1) and a 2-week intervention in transition to aftercare (T2). The CG only received the intervention at T2. Baseline tests to assess motor performance and physical activity were conducted prior to every intervention. In the primary confirmatory analysis, the IG significantly improved achievement of individual step goals (p=0.04) whereas group analyses did not reveal significant differences. Achievement of active minutes remained low (p=0.23). IG scored higher in hrQoL than CG (p<0.01) and percentage of children scoring b...Continue Reading

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Sep 9, 2020·Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology·Lauren HaChristina Signorelli
Apr 17, 2021·Pediatric Research·Regine SöntgerathMiriam Götte
May 27, 2021·Translational Behavioral Medicine·Amanda WurzS Nicole Culos-Reed
Jul 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Amy V CreaserDaniel D Bingham

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