Move 2 Health: A Couple-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Cancer Survivors

This pilot study will develop and test a couple-based physical activity intervention among cancer survivors and their partners. Aim 1: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a couple-based physical activity intervention for cancer survivors. Feasibility will be quantified using rates of study eligibility, overall accrual, attrition, and adherence to the study protocol. Acceptability will be assessed via couples' ratings on a standardized measure of treatment effectiveness/ satisfaction, supplemented open-ended questions Aim 2: To provide preliminary data on the effects of a couple-based physical activity intervention relative to a wait list control group on survivor outcomes (i.e., level of physical activity, quality of life, self-efficacy for achieving and maintaining physical activity goals, perceived partner support for physical activity, and quality of the survivor-partner relationship). The investigators hypothesize that the intervention will produce benefits in each of these domains. Aim 3: To provide preliminary data on the effects of a couple-based physical activity intervention relative to a wait list control group on partner outcomes (i.e., partner's level of physical activity, self-efficacy for helping the survivor achieve and maintain physical activity goals, and quality of the survivor-partner relationship). The investigators hypothesize that the couple-based intervention will produce benefits in each of these domains.

Sex

All

Minimum age

18 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* Survivor participants are those who have been diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer, who are married or in a committed relationship and live with their partner, and who are sedentary (e.g., not undertaking dedicated physical activity on 3 or more days per week). Both survivors and their partners must be at least 18 years of age, be fluent in English, and be eligible and willing to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

* We will exclude patients and/or partners with known metastatic disease, who are hearing impaired, who are deemed too sick to participate, who have a medical condition that prohibits them from prolonged walking, who are participating in another research study that promotes increased exercise, or who have evidence of unstable cognitive or mental health problems who cannot properly provide consent.