Recruitment Strategies for a Home-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients

Pinto, Bernardine M.; Trunzo, Joseph J.; Rabin, Carolyn; Cady, Blake; Fenton, Mary Anne; Herman, Arnold G.; Legare, Robert D.; Sikov, William M.

doi:10.1023/b:jocs.0000037611.32348.13

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“…Over half of the sample was recruited through mailings. Prior research, including an exercise study with breast cancer survivors, has also found mailings to be an effective strategy (Harlan et al, 2011; Pinto et al, 2004). Further, this strategy imposes little burden on research staff and minimal cost to the study.…”

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Recruiting Young Adult Cancer Survivors for Behavioral Research

Rabin

Horowitz

Marcus

2012

J Clin Psychol Med Settings

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Young adults have been dramatically underrepresented in cancer survivorship research. One contributing factor is the difficulty recruiting this population. To identify effective recruitment strategies, the current study assessed the yield of strategies used to recruit young survivors for an exercise intervention including: clinic-based recruitment, recruitment at cancer-related events, mailings, telephone-based recruitment, advertising on the internet, radio, television and social networking media, distributing brochures and word-of-mouth referrals. When taking into account the strategies for which we could track the number of survivors approached, recruitment at an oncology clinic was the most productive: 38 % of those approached were screened and 8 % enrolled. When evaluating which strategy yielded the greatest percentage of the sample, however, mailings were the most productive. Given widespread use of the internet and social networking by young adults, investigators should also consider these low-cost recruitment strategies.

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Recruiting Young Adult Cancer Survivors for Behavioral Research

Rabin

Horowitz

Marcus

2012

J Clin Psychol Med Settings

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“…Participants were recruited via letters sent by oncologists to their patients, in-person recruitment at oncology clinics and a private practice, and work-site mailings [22]. This resulted in 424 screened patients, of which 86 were eligible, interested, and enrolled.…”

Section: Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Home‐based exercise among cancer survivors: adherence and its predictors

2009

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Objective: Evidence of the benefits of exercise for those treated for cancer has led to exercise interventions for this population. Some have questioned whether cancer patients offered a home-based intervention adhere to the exercise prescribed.Method: We examined exercise adherence in a randomized controlled trial of a 12-week, home-based exercise trial for breast cancer patients. Three adherence outcomes were examined: minutes of exercise participation=week, number of steps taken during planned exercise=week, and whether the participant met her weekly exercise goal. Predictors of adherence (e.g. demographic and medical variables, Transtheoretical Model variables, history of exercise) were examined.Results: Findings indicate that participants significantly increased their minutes of exercise and steps taken during planned exercise from Week 1 to 12. The percentage of participants achieving exercise goals was highest in the first few weeks. Exercise self-efficacy significantly predicted each adherence outcome. Baseline PA predicted mean exercise session steps over the 12 weeks.Conclusion: Adherence to a home-based exercise intervention for breast cancer patients changes over time and may be related to baseline levels of exercise self-efficacy.

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“…Participants were recruited by various methods including informational letters mailed by oncologists and in-person recruitment by research staff at two hospital-based oncology clinics [41]. Breast cancer survivors (stage 0-2) were eligible if they were: at least 18 years of age, sedentary (i.e., exercised <once/week for 20 min at vigorous-intensity or <twice/week for 30 min at moderate-intensity for the past 6 months), diagnosed over the past 5 years, post-treatment (i.e., surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation), ambulatory, and willing to be randomized.…”

Section: Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Survivors were excluded if they had a prior history of cancer (with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer) or a self-reported medical or psychiatric illness that could make compliance with the study protocol difficult or dangerous (e.g., cardiovascular disease). Participant screening has been described previously [39,41]. Briefly, 424 telephone screens were conducted with all patients.…”

Section: Recruitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%