Exercise adherence in a randomized controlled trial of exercise on quality of life in ovarian cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Factors associated with improving exercise in ovarian cancer survivors remain unknown. We explored characteristics associated with exercise adherence among women treated for ovarian cancer in the Women's Activity and Lifestyle Study in Connecticut (WALC) randomized controlled trial.

Methods

We evaluated adherence among women randomized to the WALC exercise intervention (N = 74). Women had to be exercising ≤ 90 min/week and post-treatment. The intervention included 25 telephone-based exercise counseling sessions over 6 months. Adherence was defined as 150 min/week of moderate/vigorous-intensity exercise. We evaluated factors associated with exercise adherence and duration using multivariate logistic and linear regression. The number of sessions sufficient to achieve 1

SUBMITTER: Cao A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038915 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature