Eat, Play, Sleep: A Text Message Approach to Promoting Health Behaviors for Cancer Survivors and Their Caregivers

University of Arizona

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neoplasms; Cancer Survivors

Treatments: Behavioral: Eat, Play, Sleep

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06234267

STUDY00004084

Details and patient eligibility

About

Health behavior text message content will be delivered daily over 4-weeks to cancer survivor/caregiver dyads.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (survivors and caregivers):

1. ≥18 years old
2. have access to a mobile phone with the ability to receive and send text messages
3. English- or Spanish-speaking
4. free of psychiatric or physical disorders that could interfere with participation (e.g., psychosis, delirium)
5. able to give informed consent in English or Spanish

Survivors must also:

1. have been diagnosed with any solid tumor cancer
2. have completed primary curative treatment at least one month prior to enrollment
3. be able to identify a caregiver to enroll in the study with them
4. report difficulty engaging in dietary quality, physical activity, and/or sleep hygiene behaviors at screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not meet any of the above criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 3 patient groups

Dietary Quality

Experimental group

Description:

Receive daily text messages for promoting dietary quality.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Eat, Play, Sleep

Physical Activity

Experimental group

Description:

Receive daily text messages for promoting physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Eat, Play, Sleep

Sleep Hygiene

Experimental group

Description:

Receive daily text messages for promoting sleep hygiene.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Eat, Play, Sleep