Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05069519 |
Other study ID # |
2021LS024 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
November 1, 2021 |
Est. completion date |
October 30, 2022 |
Study information
Verified date |
December 2022 |
Source |
University of Minnesota |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
Cancer remains a vital public health concern in the U.S. Research evidence has shown that
physical activity provides many physical and mental health benefits after cancer diagnosis
and plays an important role in reducing all-cause, cancer-related death and cancer events in
the elderly cancer survivors (CS). Adopting a physically active lifestyle may decrease cancer
risks, improve cancer prognosis and quality of life.
However, most CS did not achieve recommended 150 min/week of moderate-to- vigorous physical
activity (PA [MVPA]). This issue is particularly pronounced for CS in low-income areas who
tend to have considerably less access to PA-conducive environments compared to urban peers.
To this accord, it is imperative to promote PA in elderly CS to offer appropriate supportive
care. Thus, implementing innovative PA interventions with the goal of improving their
self-regulatory health behaviors in CS is paramount.
Description:
Cancer remains a vital public health concern in the U.S. Research evidence has shown that
physical activity provides many physical and mental health benefits after cancer diagnosis
and plays an important role in reducing all-cause, cancer-related death and cancer events in
the elderly cancer survivors (CS). Adopting a physically active lifestyle may decrease cancer
risks, improve cancer prognosis and quality of life.
However, most CS did not achieve recommended 150 min/week of moderate-to- vigorous physical
activity (PA [MVPA]). This issue is particularly pronounced for CS in low-income areas who
tend to have considerably less access to PA-conducive environments compared to urban peers.
To this accord, it is imperative to promote PA in elderly CS to offer appropriate supportive
care. Thus, implementing innovative PA interventions with the goal of improving their
self-regulatory health behaviors in CS is paramount.
One promising area of technology for increasing health behaviors is mobile health (m-health),
which includes new technologies such as smartphone app, wearables, and social media in
improving quality of healthcare. 6-8 Recently, researchers have applied such technologies to
promote health through increased individual PA and reduced sedentary behavior in CS and some
findings are promising. Despite positive findings, limitations of the preceding literature
such as small samples, lacked personalized prescriptions, and lacked big data analysis are
worth noting. Further, geographic environment not only affects individual's PA but is also an
important pathway through which socio-economic inequalities create health disparities.
Intervention impacts may be magnified in environments (e.g., urban vs. rural) stimulating
more PA, with urban leading to higher PA than rural. According to Social Ecological Model,
combined interventions yielded better outcomes than single level interventions. Yet, few
studies examined interactive effects of the technologies on PA and other outcomes in CS, a
major gap for advancing tailored intervention. In response, the primary aim of this project
is to examine effects of combination of a personalized smartwatch and a Facebook health
education intervention on CS' PA (daily steps) as compared to personalized Facebook only,
personalized smartwatch only, and attention control conditions, over a 6-month period. This
project will also determine the effects of the m-health interventions on CS' personal (e.g.,
daily calories, fitness, body composition, quality of life, and beliefs) and interpersonal
(social support) health outcomes.
Empirical evidence also suggests a positive link between community participation and emotions
(e.g., empathy and satisfaction), which may facilitate social support and subsequent
sustained behavior in CS. Understanding the effect of social support and positive emotions on
PA promotion is current lacking and necessary for us to explore a potential new type of
intervention for healthcare outcome. With the advancement of technology, social media and
apps focusing on promoting a healthy lifestyle have been increasingly used in cancer
prevention and management. Further, a sentiment analysis of online patient-authored text, or
retrieving information about a patient's perception, has the potential to offer new insights
on the health impact of online social support and behavior, but such analysis generally
requires manual annotations which can be time-consuming and costly for health professionals.
To gain these new insights, health informatics approaches (e.g., text mining techniques and
natural language processing [NLP] of large datasets, including sentiment analysis ) can be
leveraged to examine the relationship between changes in emotions and health outcomes among
online community members. This study also attempts to explore the relationships between
patients' sentiments, smart watch data and other health outcomes across time.
This project attempts to examine innovative m-health interventions on CS's PA and health
outcomes while offering personalized exercise prescriptions via big data analysis. If
successful, it can significantly impact the development of effective and remote PA programs
to promote health and protect diseases in CS. Moreover, its findings can guide health
professionals and local communities to initiate such novel intervention programs with the
goal of promoting PA and health in elderly CS, particularly during or post the pandemic.