Efficacy of Mobile Instant Messaging-Delivered Brief Motivational Interviewing for Parents to Promote Physical Activity in Pediatric Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physical activity has beneficial effects that mitigate cancer- and treatment-related late effects. However, children who survive cancer are often physically inactive. Brief motivational interviewing may be an effective approach for increasing children's physical activity levels.

Objective

To examine the effects of mobile instant messaging-delivered brief motivational interviewing for parents in promoting regular physical activity in children who have survived cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

An assessor-blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted at 2 Hong Kong pediatric oncology outpatient clinics from March 1, 2019, to January 29, 2021. A total of 161 children who had survived cancer, aged 9 to 16 years, and their parents were randomized (1:1

SUBMITTER: Cheung AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198728 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature