Cancer Survivors, Neoplasms
Conditions
Brief summary
Health behavior text message content will be delivered daily over 4-weeks to cancer survivor/caregiver dyads.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEat, Play, Sleep
The Eat, Play, Sleep study will test health promotion text messages developed following guidelines for text message program development, aligned with established recommendations for diet, physical activity, and sleep in cancer survivorship and prevention. Feasibility of text message delivery and acceptability of the text message content related to dietary quality, physical activity, and sleep hygiene health behaviors will be tested in delivery to participants (cancer survivor/caregiver dyads) who indicate difficulty engaging in dietary quality, physical activity, or sleep hygiene behaviors.
Sponsors
University of Arizona
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
(survivors and caregivers): 1. ≥18 years old 2. have access to a mobile phone with the ability to receive and send text messages 3. English- or Spanish-speaking 4. free of psychiatric or physical disorders that could interfere with participation (e.g., psychosis, delirium) 5. able to give informed consent in English or Spanish Survivors must also: 1. have been diagnosed with any solid tumor cancer 2. have completed primary curative treatment at least one month prior to enrollment 3. be able to identify a caregiver to enroll in the study with them 4. report difficulty engaging in dietary quality, physical activity, and/or sleep hygiene behaviors at screening.
Exclusion criteria
* Does not meet any of the above criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Successful receipt of 95% of text messages sent | 4 weeks |
| Acceptability of text messages measured by self-report 0-4 likert scale of acceptability of each text message, where 5 is greater acceptability | 4 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed