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Theories underlying health promotion interventions among cancer survivors
Bernardine M Pinto1, Andrea Floyd
1Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Bpinto@lifespan.org
Objectives:
To review the theories that have been the basis for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) promoting health behavior change among adults diagnosed and treated for cancer.
Data Sources:
Electronic databases and recent review papers.
Conclusion:
Several theories have been used in intervention development: Transtheoretical Model, Motivational Interviewing, Social Learning and Social Cognitive Theory, Theory of Planned Behavior, and Cognitive Behavioral Theory. There is support for the efficacy of some of these interventions. However, there has been limited assessment of theory-based constructs and examination of the mediational role of theoretical constructs in intervention efficacy.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
There is a need to apply theory in the development of interventions to assess the effects of the intervention on the constructs and to conduct mediational tests of these constructs.
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