Frensham 2013.
Trial name or title | STRIDE (Steps Toward Improving Diet and Exercise): an online lifestyle intervention for cancer survivors living in South Australia |
Methods | Parallel randomised controlled trial |
Participants | Women and men with any type of cancer (except skin cancer) treated with curative intent. Not undergoing any active treatment at point of recruitment |
Interventions | Intervention participants will take part in a 12‐week lifestyle programme, during which they will wear a pedometer and will use an online resource. The main focus of the online resource is a step log, where participants enter their daily step counts, perceptions of exertion, and feelings daily. Based on this information, they will be emailed weekly step count goals. The website will also include a virtual notice board, where community service organisers can advertise events and activities related to physical activity and healthy eating. Info on healthy eating will be provided based on the cancer council Australian nutrition guidelines, which supports the recommendations provided in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating |
Outcomes | Adherence measured by logins to the website and follow‐up telephone calls every 2 weeks, anthropometry, physical and psychological health data, physical activity, QoL, dietary habits Outcomes measured at baseline and at endpoint (12 weeks) |
Starting date | April 2013 |
Contact information | Miss Lauren Frensham, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2417, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia +61 08 8302 2680 lauren.frensham@mymail.unisa.edu.au |
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