Adherence
A home-based, multicomponent diet and exercise intervention delivered via mailed print materials and telephone counseling produces durable improvements in diet quality, physical activity, and body mass index, and slows functional decline in older, overweight/obese cancer survivors.
If you are an older cancer survivor struggling to stay active, this program shows that a home-based plan using mailed guides and phone coaching can help you improve your diet, exercise more, lose weight, and stay independent longer. It works by tailoring the advice to your specific situation and providing regular support, making it easier to stick with than going to a gym.
Older cancer survivors respond favorably to lifestyle interventions and make durable changes in DQ and PA that contribute to sustained weight loss. These changes positively reorient functional decline trajectories during intervention delivery.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with a large sample size (n=641) and long-term follow-up (2 years), though with some attrition.
Source
Reach Out to Enhance Wellness Home-Based Diet-Exercise Intervention Promotes Reproducible and Sustainable Long-Term Improvements in Health Behaviors, Body Weight, and Physical Functioning in Older, Overweight/Obese Cancer Survivors
Wendy Demark‐Wahnefried et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2012
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