Is self-management feasible and acceptable for addressing nutrition and physical activity needs of cancer survivors?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management is recommended for patients with chronic conditions, but its use with cancer survivors is underexplored. Optimal strategies for achieving lifestyle changes in cancer survivors are not known.

Objective

We aimed to determine feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of self-management-based nutrition and physical activity interventions for cancer survivors.

Design, setting and participants

Adult survivors (n = 25) during (Group 1 , n = 11) or post (Group 2, n = 14)-curative chemotherapy for solid tumours, most (n = 20, 80%) with breast cancer, were recruited prospectively from a single clinical centre.

Intervention

The Flinders Living Well Self-Management Program, a generic self-management care planning programme, was utilized

SUBMITTER: Lawn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810724 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature