Clinical trial · Interventional
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?
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary Modification | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Physical Activity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| interactive sessions | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention Group
- description
- (1) 12 weekly interactive sessions with a health coach to help them set goals and make changes toward becoming physically active and consuming the recommended number of fruits and vegetables.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: interactive sessions
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Physical activity behaviour: International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-S; Booth, 2000).
- timeFrame
- Baseline (week 0) and post-intervention (week 12)
- description
- Change in self-reported physical activity (over the past 7 days) from baseline to post-intervention, with higher scores representing a better outcome.
- measure
- Fruit and vegetable intake behaviour: Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System Fruit and Vegetable section (BRFSS-FV; Trowbridge, Wong, Byers, & Serdula, 1990)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
- Maximum age
- 39 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Are between the ages of 20-39 years * Live in a rural area (i.e., areas with \<35,000 inhabitants) * Have completed primary treatment for non-metastatic cancer * Are not currently meeting the American Cancer Society guidelines for physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption * Have access to the Internet and to audio-visual devices * Are willing to provide informed consent to participate in this study and willing to follow study protocol * Able to read and understand English * Are ambulatory Exclusion Criteria: * Have a serious condition that precludes safe participation in physical activity * Have symptomatic heart or vascular diseases (angina, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure) * Have severe hypertension * Have had a recent stroke * Have a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * Have severe insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus * Have renal disease * Have liver disease
References
Publications (7)
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- BACKGROUNDWilson, P. M., Rogers, W. T., Rodgers, W. M., & Wild, T. C. (2006). Psychological need satisfaction in exercise scale. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 28, 231-251.
- DERIVEDPrice J, Brunet J. Feasibility and acceptability of a telehealth behavior change intervention for promoting physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption among rural-living young adult cancer survivors. J Psychosoc Oncol. 2021;39(6):715-733. doi: 10.1080/07347332.2021.1896616. Epub 2021 Apr 2. PMID 33798033