Researcher
Edward McAuley, PhD, at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Urbana, IL and Laura Rogers, MD, MPH, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study Review
This study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Alabama at Birmingham is evaluating the effectiveness of the BEAT Cancer exercise program. The research team is comparing the effects of the BEAT Cancer exercise intervention to usual care (written materials about exercise for cancer survivors) on short- and longer-term physical activity adherence among breast cancer survivors. The researchers wanted to enroll up to 256 volunteers and used the Army of Women (AOW) as one of their recruitment sources. The Call to Action for this study was sent to AOW members on May 29, 2011, and the researchers closed enrollment on Sept. 28, 2015. The AOW provided them with 64 women who were interested in enrolling in the study.
Resulting Publications:
- Diet components and perceived fatigue in breast cancer survivors.
- Effects of a multicomponent physical activity behavior change intervention on breast cancer survivor health status outcomes in a randomized controlled trial.
- Effects of a multicomponent physical activity behavior change intervention on fatigue, anxiety, and depressive symptomatology in breast cancer survivors: Randomized trial
- Physical activity and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a randomized trial.
- Lower rate-pressure product during submaximal walking: a link to fatigue improvement following a physical activity intervention among breast cancer survivors.
- Effects of the BEAT Cancer physical activity behavior change intervention on physical activity, aerobic fitness, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
- Better exercise adherence after treatment for cancer (BEAT Cancer) study: rationale, design, and methods.
- Effects of BEAT Cancer randomized physical activity trial on subjective memory impairments in breast cancer survivors.
