How many days of continuous physical activity monitoring reliably represent time in different intensities in cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) monitoring is applied in a growing number of studies within cancer research. However, no consensus exists on how many days PA should be monitored to obtain reliable estimates in the cancer population. The objective of the present study was to determine the minimum number of monitoring days required for reliable estimates of different PA intensities in cancer survivors when using a six-days protocol. Furthermore, reliability of monitoring days was assessed stratified on sex, age, cancer type, weight status, and educational level.

Methods

Data was obtained from two studies where PA was monitored for seven days using the SenseWear Armband Mini in a total of 984 cancer survivors diagnosed with breast, colorectal or prostate cancer. Participants

SUBMITTER: Western B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124860 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature