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Changes in motivational outcomes following a supervised physical activity program with behavioral counseling in kidney cancer survivors: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Trinh Linda,
Plotnikoff Ronald C.,
Rhodes Ryan E.,
North Scott,
Courneya Kerry S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/pon.3754
Subject(s) - recreation , physical education , physical activity , gerontology , library science , psychology , medical education , medicine , sociology , political science , physical therapy , computer science , law
Despite the established benefits of physical activity (PA) across cancer survivor groups [1], many are not meeting public health PA guidelines including kidney cancer survivors (KCS) [2]. Many randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in cancer survivors have included a supervised PA component; however, behavior change and motivation decline significantly postintervention [3]. We previously completed a behavior change intervention based on an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to assess the feasibility of adding behavioral counseling to supervised PA in 32 KCS (TRACKS Trial) [4]. In the primary paper, we reported the supervised PA plus motivationally-enhanced behavioral counseling (SPA+BC) resulted in a non-significant increase of 34 min compared to the supervised PA program plus standard exercise counseling (SPA+EC), although the study was underpowered to detect a difference. Furthermore, the SPA+BC group significantly improved their 6-min walk. Here, we report the impact of SPA +EC versus SPA+BC on motivation levels among KCS. We hypothesized that SPA+BC would have significant positive effects on some TPB constructs (i.e. perceived behavioral control, planning) compared to SPA+EC