NCT03691545

Making Healthy Choices: Does Having an Online Health Coach Help?

Helping Rural-living Young Adult Cancer Survivors Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Does Having a Telehealth Personal Health Coach Help?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Ottawa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Participating in regular physical activity and consuming a diet high in fruits and vegetables can aid in the management of various acute and chronic side effects of cancer treatment; however, few rural-dwelling young adult cancer survivors are active enough and consume enough fruits and vegetables to accrue benefits. Telehealth interventions show promise for helping these young adults increase their motivation to participate in these behaviours by addressing barriers associated with accessing face-to-face behaviour counselling services (e.g., time commitment, travel distance). Yet, few researchers have examined the feasibility and acceptability of a telehealth intervention that provides motivational support grounded in self-determination theory for these health behaviours in rural-dwelling young adult cancer survivors. Based on previous research, the researchers reasoned that rural-dwelling young adult cancer survivors' physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption would be more likely to increase if they participated in a telehealth intervention therefore, the researchers aim to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the intervention. The researchers also aim to assess if changes in perceived basic psychological need satisfaction, behaviour regulation, and perceived autonomy support are associated with changes in physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Dietary Modification

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	interactive sessions	This arm will receive personalized health coaching (behaviour change counseling)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-30
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2018-10-01
• Last updated: 2020-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada