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Predictors of follow-up exercise behavior 6 months after a randomized trial of supervised exercise training in lymphoma patients.
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PMID:  21766483     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVES: Supervised exercise is beneficial for lymphoma patients, but it needs to be maintained to optimize long-term benefits. Here, we report the predictors of follow-up exercise behavior 6 months after a randomized controlled trial in lymphoma patients. METHODS: Lymphoma patients were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of supervised aerobic exercise (n = 60) or usual care (n = 62). At baseline and post-intervention, data were collected on demographic, medical, health-related fitness, quality of life, and motivational variables. At 6-month follow-up, participants were mailed a questionnaire that assessed exercise behavior and were categorized as meeting or not meeting public health exercise guidelines. RESULTS: At 6-month follow-up, 110 participants (90.2%) responded, of which 61 (55.5%) were meeting public health exercise guidelines. In univariate analyses, 16 variables predicted 6-month follow-up exercise behavior. In a stepwise regression analysis, five variables entered the model and explained 38% (p < 0.001) of the variance including the following: accepting a post-intervention exercise prescription (β = 0.33; p < 0.001), achieving a higher peak power output at post-intervention (β = 0.28; p = 0.001), experiencing a larger positive change in perceived behavioral control (β = 0.18; p = 0.028), having Hodgkin lymphoma (β = 0.19; p = 0.025), and having a stronger post-intervention intention (β = 0.18; p = 0.034). CONCLUSION: Exercise behavior in lymphoma patients 6 months after a randomized trial was predicted by a wide range of demographic, medical, health-related fitness, quality of life, and motivational variables. These findings may help facilitate the uptake of self-directed exercise after short-term supervised exercise in lymphoma patients. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors:
Kerry S Courneya; Clare Stevinson; Margaret L McNeely; Christopher M Sellar; Christine M Friedenreich; Carolyn J Peddle-McIntyre; Neil Chua; Tony Reiman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psycho-oncology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1099-1611     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-7-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9214524     Medline TA:  Psychooncology     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. kerry.courneya@ualberta.ca.
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